MICHAEL BIESECKER: ‘About 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs have been killed in flooding from Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped dozens of farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market, according to state officials… North Carolina is among the top states in the nation in producing pork and poultry, … Continue reading No escape, no mercy: 3.4 million chickens and turkeys, and 5,500 pigs drowned in factory farms flooding