• usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.mlOP
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    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

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      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.