Moy Park Farm, a major supplier of Tesco and Sainsbury’s, came under fire last month after an animal rights charity uncovered ‘extreme suffering’ at three of its farms.
JOE ROBERTS: ‘Thousands of chickens roasted to death inside in an intensive poultry farm as temperatures reached 38C last week. Workers at the Moy Park farm in Lincolnshire were seen piling carcasses into huge mounds outside the buildings during the heatwave on Thursday. The company is a major supplier of Tesco and Sainsbury’s and came under fire last month after an animal rights charity uncovered ‘extreme suffering’ at three of its farms. One of the staff at the farm in Newton-on-Trent blamed the ‘freak weather’ for the deaths…
A Moy Park spokesperson said: ‘The recent high temperatures have been very challenging for many in the farming and poultry industries. ‘We are working closely with our farming partners to monitor the situation and have implemented procedures to help protect our birds against the extreme heat.’ Just last month, Animal Equality UK released some shocking findings after investigators secretly entered three Moy Park chicken farms in Lincolnshire…
The charity claimed chicken carcasses had been ‘left to rot for days’ and many birds were found with severe leg injuries. Some of them were allegedly unable to stand. The group said: ‘These birds were clearly suffering and should have been culled before they reached this advanced state of suffering’.’ SOURCE…