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Fire that killed 1.3 million chickens in Illinois (i.imgur.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/pics@lemmy.world

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[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 58 points 5 months ago

It's worth mentioning this isn't an isolated instance sadly

Fires on large-scale animal farms, or factory farms, are surprisingly common. Over the last decade, at least 6.5 million farmed animals, mostly chickens, perished in barn fires in the US

The true number is likely significantly higher, AWI notes, because not all states have the same reporting requirements, and because farm animals are property with essentially no legal protection from suffering

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23683141/texas-farm-fire-explosion-dimmitt-cows-factory-dairy

[-] kamenlady@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Looks like we are getting at the post-dystopian check point sooner than thought

That one instance has the power over millions of creatures of any species and for whatever purpose, incarcerated in one big container, to do with them as they please, is more horrific than any story i read so far.

Even more so that we are just starting to find out how intelligent animals really are.

[-] Sebeck012@feddit.nl 11 points 5 months ago

I bet it smells delicious though.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 months ago

Burning feathers are pretty awful smelling.

[-] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

Mixed with the smell of shit.... Also on fire.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

It will smell of burned meat (not carefully grilled), burned hair (same material as feathers), and burned shit. Along with whatever infrastructure went up with it.

Still sound good?

[-] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

Go fuck yourself.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Burning building and creatures burning alive? The toxic smoke from it kills chickens

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 months ago

That's messed up. You'd think they're have fire extinguishers and stuff installed.

[-] cr0n1c@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Extinguishers wouldn't do much, but you may mean fire sprinklers, but that's probably never going to be installed. You'd have to inspect, test and maintain that system, and who wants to invest time and money in that.