By Julia Bertino Apr 12, 2021 (Fremont, NE) -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is calling for an investigation to be launched after they say tens of thousands of chickens were not given food and water, leading to the deaths of over 1,000 birds. In a press release, PETA said they got U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that showed that roughly 30,500 chickens were held in, "severely crowded crates on trucks overnight without food or water at Lincoln Premium Poultry near Fremont." PETA claimed in the release that 1,622 chickens were found dead the next day as a result. Monday morning, PETA sent a letter to Dodge County Attorney Paul J. Vaughan requesting a criminal probe and for charges to e filed under Nebraska’s livestock neglect law. PETA states that Lincoln Premium Poultry exclusively supplies Costco stores.