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Video of 9 Million Baby Chickens Killed in Argentina Goes Viral

A poultry company, Rasic, has killed 9 million chicks. The company did not have the money to properly feed the chicks and so the chicks could not gain weight.
November 21, 2015 Updated: August 23, 2022

We already know that the meat industry is not here to make the world a better place, however, we are still horrified when they reach aberrant levels of cruelty such as in the killing of 9 million small and fragile chicks without pause. It’s happening in Argentina. The South American company Rasic, distributed under the brand Cresta Roja (Red Crest), is going through a deep economic crisis. Its workers marched in Buenos Aires last Friday to protest layoffs and wage cuts. Those who have paid the worst price have been 9 million helpless chicks. Workers recorded video of the chicks carelessly thrown into containers and then eliminated without mercy. According to stewards of the company, which has been inactive for at least two weeks, 9 million individuals have been killed. The reason, explained by this inhumane industry, is the lack of money. That is why they could not feed the chickens properly so they were not going to be able to gain any more weight. This makes them useless in the eyes of the industry. Instead of paychecks, the company offered boxes of chickens to employees due to lack of funds.

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