Monday, December 10

 
The too-fat chicken

British animal-welfare activists and scientists are up in arms about research that speeds up broiler-chicken growth beyond the bird's capacity to deal with it.

Here's the lede:

"Picture a six-year-old child weighing 286lb, or more than 20 stone (130kg). That, says a senior research scientist, is the reality of life for Britain's broiler chickens – and it is about to get substantially worse.

Think of a six-year-old with a body weight of an even more monstrous 24 stone and then imagine it trying to walk. Hideous and cruel for a child – but the near future for a broiler."

posted by Unknown 9:11 AM