{"id":752814,"date":"2018-04-16T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=752814"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:40:33","slug":"investigation-chickens-being-kept-next-to-carcasses-at-uk-poultry-farm-supplying-major-food-retailers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=752814","title":{"rendered":"Investigation: Chickens being kept next to carcasses at UK poultry farm supplying major food retailers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>According to the charity, many of the birds have lost their feathers due to stress, inadequate nutrition or injuries sustained from other birds.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SABRINA BARR:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has released a video filmed by animal rights campaigners that depicts chickens being kept in extremely confined conditions at a poultry farm among the corpses of dead birds. Stewkley Farm in Buckinghamshire, which is where the footage was filmed, supplies chickens to Faccenda, the second-largest chicken-processing company in the UK. Faccenda then sells the meat onto well-known food retailers including Asda, Lidl and Nando\u2019s&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>According to the charity, many of the birds have lost their feathers due to stress, inadequate nutrition or injuries sustained from other birds&#8230; PETA also claims that it\u2019s spotted signs of bumblefoot among the chickens, a condition which causes pus-filled abscesses to appear on the feet of birds&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>PETA has submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority and the RSPCA in regard to the farm. \u201cFaccenda Foods is trying to hoodwink compassionate consumers with its glib, baseless nods to animal welfare&#8230; PETA is calling on authorities to hold this company accountable for duping people into thinking otherwise&#8221;, said PETA director Elisa Allen&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/peta-chicken-corpses-video-poultry-farm-nandos-supplier-stewkley-farm-buckinghamshire-faccenda-foods-a8301571.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EssgasoDfmY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SABRINA BARR: &#8216;PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has released a video filmed by animal rights campaigners that depicts chickens being kept in extremely confined conditions at a poultry farm among the corpses of dead birds. 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