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Killing the chickens was required of them by the government (as it has over here in Europe for several locations, for the same reason). But they decided to do i
by t0mas88 5y ago
Killing the chickens was required of them by the government (as it has over here in Europe for several locations, for the same reason). But they decided to do it in the cheapest way possible, because shutting down the environmental control costs nothing as opposed to hiring an external provider to do it in a more animal friendly way. They could have made a more animal friendly but less profitable choice.
I think the slightly more animal friendly way is to pump the building full of CO or CO2.
- wildzzz 5y agoDying from CO2 inhalation is painful although CO inhalation is less so. Nitrogen inhalation is entirely pain free. Although I'm sure it's more expensive since CO and CO2 can easily be produced with common materials.
- wahern 5y agoChickens aren't humans. The CO2 asphyxiation response seems to very across species. For example, this agricultural guide claims that chickens lose consciousness before reaching the response phases that we would consider painful: > While rats do not lose consciousness prior to aversive responses to CO2, chickens become unconscious very quickly in high concentrations of CO2 and somatosensory neuronal potentials are not evoked until several seconds after the birds are unconscious. > ... > Webster and Fletcher (2004) reported that while White Leghorn chickens could detect atmospheres enriched with CO2 at 30, 45, and 60% in air, there were no differences in behaviors associated with the various atmospheres. They concluded that most hens, given modest motivation, were not sufficiently deterred from entering any of the CO2-enriched atmospheres. ... Source: https://animalcare.illinois.edu/standards/co2-euthanasia-poultry-and-young-swine-guidelines https://animalcare.illinois.edu/standards/co2-euthanasia-pou...