Australian Chicken Cruelty Investigation

Animals Australia

Animals Australia team

Last updated 25 March 2024

An investigation into one of Australia’s largest chicken meat producers that supplies major retail outlets has revealed routine and shocking animal abuse. Every year in Australia 488 million chickens endure brutally short and undeniably cruel lives inside factory farms. Animals Australia’s investigation video shows baby birds suffering from heart disease, lameness, thirst, starvation and trampling inside a shed packed with over 40,000 birds. 

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