A bit of a strangely organised article. The relevant information is actually near the end of the article, with the start just providing general slaughterhouse tactics. Here’s a summary of the relevant info:
Chickens and turkeys are being slaughtered in horrible ways (this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone) and they’re killed in mostly the same ways for avian flu.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) hired some companies previously convicted of animal cruelty to carry out killings for avian flu, in some cases paying them more for these avian flu killings than the previous fines (in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars).
The CFIA has to compensate the company for killing their animals, which can be millions of dollars.
Unfortunately the original order makes it very annoying to read if you don’t care about the website’s agenda. They’d probably have more success in reaching other audiences if they skipped the general slaughterhouse tactics part since it isn’t about avian flu at all.
with the start just providing general slaughterhouse tactics
These are not “general slaughterhouse tactics.” Exterminating entire flocks is not a thing that slaughterhouses routinely do. For example, it is not normal to gas an entire roost and slowly and painfully suffocate the occupants. That is not normal slaughterhouse tactics. As needlessly cruel and violent as the industry normally is, what is happening right now is another level. These are important facts that people who consume these products should REALLY know. It isn’t just a distraction from whatever you consider to be more important information.
Facts don’t have an agenda. You’re trying to distance yourself from something that is difficult and upsetting to approach.
A bit of a strangely organised article. The relevant information is actually near the end of the article, with the start just providing general slaughterhouse tactics. Here’s a summary of the relevant info:
Unfortunately the original order makes it very annoying to read if you don’t care about the website’s agenda. They’d probably have more success in reaching other audiences if they skipped the general slaughterhouse tactics part since it isn’t about avian flu at all.
These are not “general slaughterhouse tactics.” Exterminating entire flocks is not a thing that slaughterhouses routinely do. For example, it is not normal to gas an entire roost and slowly and painfully suffocate the occupants. That is not normal slaughterhouse tactics. As needlessly cruel and violent as the industry normally is, what is happening right now is another level. These are important facts that people who consume these products should REALLY know. It isn’t just a distraction from whatever you consider to be more important information.
Facts don’t have an agenda. You’re trying to distance yourself from something that is difficult and upsetting to approach.