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PETA says 30,500 chickens were denied food and water for 25 hours at Nebraska farm


PETA says 30,500 chickens were denied food and water for 25 hours at Nebraska farm
Updated: 1:42 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
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Updated: 1:42 PM CDT Apr 12, 2021
KETV Staff Report
People for the Protection of Animals issued a call to action Monday, claiming that 30,500 chickens were treated inhumanely at a Nebraska farm.According to PETA, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report shows the chickens were left overnight without food or water at Lincoln Premium Poultry near Fremont. The slaughterhouse exclusively supplies Washington-based Costco stores. More than 1,500 of the birds were found dead the next day as a result.An FSIS agent concluded that “the prolonged time being held … without access to food and water, in crowded conditions, led to the” birds’ deaths.PETA sent a letter to Dodge County Attorney Paul J. Vaughan requesting a criminal probe and applicable charges under Nebraska’s livestock neglect law. “These reports reveal a horror show of birds dying of thirst, hunger, and exposure on trucks; drowning in scalding-hot water and languishing under piles of bodies,” says PETA Senior Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch.

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PETA calls for neglect investigation after chickens denied food and water


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.

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