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The Intercept: “…making it quite possible that some pigs survived, and are therefore buried alive or crushed by the bulldozers that haul away the corpses.”
Let’s be clear: all animal slaughter is inherently abusive and cruel and causes fear and suffering regardless of how humans, who will never be subjected to the same violent fate, define it. Those who are horrified by ventilation shutdown yet not “commonly accepted” forms of slaughter are actually just using one form of cruelty to justify another.
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3 Horses Die Over 4 Days At Golden Gate Fields
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BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 19: Horse racing continues at Golden Gate Fields with no fans in attendance due to coronavirus concerns on March 19, 2020 in Berkeley, California. As millions of people in the San Francisco Bay Area are under a shelter-in-place order due to COVID-19, horse racing at Golden Gate Fields continues but the events are not open to the public. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
By Keith Burbank
BERKELEY (BCN)
Three horses have died since Saturday at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, according to the California Horse Racing Board.
Animal Rights Activists Protest at Farmer John Plant in Vernon By City News Service Vernon UPDATED 6:30 PM ET Feb. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:38 AM ET Feb. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:38 AM EST Feb. 15, 2021
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VERNON, Calif. (CNS) Animal rights activists displayed 7,000 paper hearts Monday in front of the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon to honor the 7,000 pigs they estimate are killed at the facility each day.
The demonstration came amid a growing COVID-19 outbreak at the facility, where 882 workers have been infected with the coronavirus. That s more than double the number of cases reported just six weeks ago, and by far the largest outbreak at a nonresidential setting in Los Angeles County.
By City News Service
Feb 15, 2021
VERNON (CNS) - Animal rights activists plan to protest in front of the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon today, stringing together 7,000 paper hearts to honor the 7,000 pigs they estimate are killed at the facility each day.
The planned demonstration comes amid a growing COVID-19 outbreak at the facility, where 882 workers have been infected with the coronavirus. That s more than double the number of cases reported just six weeks ago, and by far the largest outbreak at a nonresidential setting in Los Angeles County.
The only other similarly sized outbreak at an industrial facility is the 601 cases at Northrop-Grumman in Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Filly Dies At Golden Gate Fields; Second Horse To Die This Year
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A filly died Thursday at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley, the second this year, according to the California Horse Racing Board.
Munny, nearly 3 years old, likely died from a gastrointestinal or neurological disease, according to a board report and website that discloses the deaths to the public.
Two weeks earlier, a three-year-old gelding named Staredown died at Golden Gate Fields during training. It is unusual for a young horse to pass away, and they are dying at concerning rates at Golden Gate Fields, whether they are training, racing or in the stable, said Berkeley veterinarian Dr. Crystal Heath.