Birds in Misery

The following two videos caught my attention recently. They are both graphic. The first one shows birds caught in oil, struggling to breath/float and drowning. It is heartbreaking to watch this and the only relief is that this incident is (arguably) an accident, a rare event that can perhaps be prevented in future with stricter regulations.



The second video is even more appalling and is shot in a hatchery. It shows what the birds have to endure in the first few hours after being born: they are thrown around, some are caught in the machinery, some are drowned and eventually all the ‘unwanted’ male chicks end up in a grinding machine. The most horrifying thing about this video is that the things shown here are done intentionally and they will go on everywhere for as long as the demand for eggs and poultry exists.