Chickens died of thirst and dead birds left to rot at suppliers to Tesco, Sainsbury, Lidl and KFC

[GeorgeC1]

Chickens died of thirst and dead birds left to rot at suppliers to Tesco, Sainsbury, Lidl and KFC

Exclusive: Secret cameras found birds panting, crippled and resorting to cannibalism, vegan charity says

www.independent.co.uk

 

[hoyboy]

Eat beef and lamb

 

[ollie989898]

I am rapidly reaching the stage where I won't eat any product from intensive livestock systems to be honest.

 

[Netherfield]

Shocking sight to see that video.

Certainly good enough to put consumers off eating chicken for a short while, but hey chicken meat is so cheap it won't be long before it's been forgotten about.

 

[RAF]

Money

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Chickens died of thirst and dead birds left to rot at suppliers to Tesco, Sainsbury, Lidl and KFC

Exclusive: Secret cameras found birds panting, crippled and resorting to cannibalism, vegan charity says

www.independent.co.uk

There must be some mistake I’m sure it will have been red tractor assured in which case that could not possibly happen??

shows what a fu3kin joke RT assurance is

 

[delilah]

There must be some mistake I’m sure it will have been red tractor assured in which case that could not possibly happen??

shows what a fu3kin joke RT assurance is

A Red Tractor spokesperson said: “Protecting animal health and welfare is a top priority. As soon as we were made aware of the footage, an investigation was launched to substantiate whether they presented an accurate representation of the farms’ management and implementation of our standards. All sites were found to be well managed and compliant with our scheme standards.”

 

[shumungus]

These video clips that the protestors release/edit are carefully edited to show a skewed version of reality. Walk into a shed of 35000 cattle/sheep/chickens/humans and there will be ones with issues separate them out and film them in a certain way and you can make up any scenario you want.
The chicken industry is highly audited and regulated, this article is most likely utter nonsense.

 

[primmiemoo]

Tragedy, without a doubt, but what actually led to it?

Staffing problems because of covid?

Mechanical problems in feed and water delivery made worse by covid restrictions on working?

What, exactly?

Video editing is very simple, nowadays. Who else was misled some years ago by that video of a monarch shown storming out of an appointment with an artist, which turned out to be nothing of the sort?

 

[DENNING]

A Red Tractor spokesperson said: “Protecting animal health and welfare is a top priority. As soon as we were made aware of the footage, an investigation was launched to substantiate whether they presented an accurate representation of the farms’ management and implementation of our standards. All sites were found to be well managed and compliant with our scheme standards.”

Irrespective of of accurate a representation of the management and standards (as they put it) the video was, it’s terrible press for RT to come out and say that everything is fine in response to such a video. The public will see that video, and see RT saying what‘s happening in it is ok by them.

If anyone had taken a second to think, they wouldn’t have replied rather than make themselves look even worse.

 

[7610 super q]

Back in 2005/06 IIRC animal rights types broke onto a poultry farm, got all the dead bods out of a freezer, scattered them about, and filmed the " Appalling conditions ". From then on, all dead birds had to be kept under lock and key. Not saying that was the case here, could be anything from a shortage of staff, to just a badly run unit.
Anyhoo, cheap £3 chickens means industrial farming. Don't think I've ever heard anyone say " I think we should pay more for food ". Except me. And I get pooh poohed even on farming forums.......

 

[beardface]

How did they get the cameras in? Clearly lack of staff led to poor vetting of applicants. In turn this has clearly led to a vegan setup I recon. Would never want to own a large pig breeding unit or poultry unit for this reason.

 

[betweenthelines]

Back in 2005/06 IIRC animal rights types broke onto a poultry farm, got all the dead bods out of a freezer, scattered them about, and filmed the " Appalling conditions ". From then on, all dead birds had to be kept under lock and key. Not saying that was the case here, could be anything from a shortage of staff, to just a badly run unit.
Anyhoo, cheap £3 chickens means industrial farming. Don't think I've ever heard anyone say " I think we should pay more for food ". Except me. And I get pooh poohed even on farming forums.......

There's no excuse for animal neglect.

But as above, what do people expect when they buy a £3 bird for their Sunday roast? Or buying a 99p "meal" from McDonalds

It was the same a few years ago with the horsemeat "scandal" If you pay 99p or £1.25 for a "beef" lasagne, do you expect it to contain prime fillet?

People spend more time deciding what to watch on Netflix than on deciding what to eat and drink.

 

[Dog Bowl]

The general public love a £2.50 rotisserie chicken from the supermarket. This is the stark reality of producing such a cheap product.

 

[michael N123]

I am rapidly reaching the stage where I won't eat any product from intensive livestock systems to be honest.

I’ve farmed all my life and I was very shocked first time I went in a big chicken shed there’s nothing nice about it atall

 

[betweenthelines]

I’ve farmed all my life and I was very shocked first time I went in a big chicken shed there’s nothing nice about it atall

Don't go in a food processing factory then! I went on a tour of a factory that makes a nationally recognised brand of convenience foods once. Workers crammed next to each other on the lines (that's why Covid spreads fast in food factories) workers have to take breaks every couple of hours to avoid RSI, 12 hour shifts, very high temperature in factory, and they guy showing me round said "I'd never work in there!"

Don't believe a word Greg Wallace says!

 

[spin cycle]

proof that RT doesn't work

 

[wanton dwarf]

Back in 2005/06 IIRC animal rights types broke onto a poultry farm, got all the dead bods out of a freezer, scattered them about, and filmed the " Appalling conditions ". From then on, all dead birds had to be kept under lock and key. Not saying that was the case here, could be anything from a shortage of staff, to just a badly run unit.
Anyhoo, cheap £3 chickens means industrial farming. Don't think I've ever heard anyone say " I think we should pay more for food ". Except me. And I get pooh poohed even on farming forums.......

TBH we used to eat Co-op 3 chickens for £10.00 because they were quite honestly lovely. No fat - which you can get on Tesco chickens, Succulent and tasty. Then in the next purchase all the chickens had broken body parts from wings and legs to chests.

So we don't buy meat from Tesco or Co-op any more because their meat is sh@t.

We eat less meat but it's more expensive and isn't dead or half dead before it's time.

 

[Bald Rick]

proof that RT doesn't work

Doesn’t work moment the inspector leaves the farm ....

Rather like an MOT tbh

 

[delilah]

Farmers market whole chicken, organic free range blah blah is £15. On that basis i'd say the minimum price for a chicken should be £10. Anything less than that then the birds or the processors or the environment are going to be paying the price.