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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

Secret footage reveals chickens collapsing ‘in agony’ at farms supplying ‘ethical’ supermarket Co-op

Open Cages

Chickens were found “collapsing in agony, deformed and dying” at farms ­supplying the “ethical” supermarket Co-op, according to activists who secretly filmed inside them.

The footage captured birds panting from heat and stress, while dirty floors left the birds lying in their own waste and their eyes stinging, it’s claimed.

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