 January 2004 - March 2005 Victoria, Australia |
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Photo Gallery - Crippled Birds
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Click on any photo for larger version (photos: noah hannibal / ALV)
unable to reach food and water, this bird would have eventually died of dehydration if not taken to a vet by the ALV rescue team
due to unnatural growth rates broiler babies suffer all sorts of crippling leg deformities and abnormalities
from the day they are dumped in the broiler shed babies who are injured or too weak to stand slowly starve and die of dehydration. this injured chick is unable to stand or access food and water.
unable to move, the ammonia in the litter burns the chick’s skin
one of the many grossly deformed birds found in the shed.
the ALV rescue team consistently finds numerous sick, collapsed and dying birds left unattended at parkhurst farms, none of the sheds contain a sick bay or isolation facility.
one of numerous birds found during the investigation with splayed legs
9 out of 10 crippled birds rescued are euthanased as they remain unable to walk
this crippled bird was extremely underweight for an average six-week-old broiler chicken
sick and injured birds | crippled birds | dead birds | overcrowding | rescuers | rescued birds
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