Millions of livestock die each year while being transported. Those cases are rarely investigated by the USDA. - Investigate Midwest
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On Aug. 24, 2024, a semi-trailer truck owned by Demaree Trucking, LLC, was hit by another semi on Interstate 57 in eastern Illinois, causing the truck and its cargo of 67 cows to flip over onto the highway shoulder. Twenty of the cows on board were killed, while another 20 got loose, scattering across the […]

Animal welfare advocates believe antiquated laws and truck driver exemptions lead to millions of farm animal deaths.

  • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    8 hours ago

    Well yeah, basically no one gives a quarter of a shit about animal welfare. Why would they investigate?

    • DeathsEmbrace@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      8 hours ago

      Which makes it even more hilarious that there was an actual investigation or research to see the neglect and then ignore it after.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    6·
    7 hours ago

    They don’t give a single fuck with chickens. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen chicken transportation trucks, but it’s literally just jammed full of chickens in tiny cages, 8-10 layers high, exposed to the elements. If you live close enough to commercial chicken farms you’ll see dead ones on the side of the road all the time where they’ve fallen off the truck and been run over.