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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

Heatwave will cause more mass deaths at chicken factory farms, animal charities warn

Open Cages

Charities are warning of “another fresh hell” for animals in the coming days, fearing millions could suffer and perish in the heatwave.

Experts are calling on the government to crack down on intensive chicken farms that last month let millions of birds be “cooked alive” in the record UK temperatures.

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