It’s time for aggrobusiness (sorry: agribusiness) to install slaughterhouses with CCTV and factory farms with sprinkler systems.
Nearly a million chickens died in Thursday’s fire at Cal-Maine Foods in Parmer County, Texas, a company spokesperson said today. Delores McMillin with Cal-Maine Foods said 800,000 chickens in five houses were wiped out by the fire and smoke. Four laying houses, chickens and all, were consumed by the fire. The remaining chickens were lost due to smoke inhalation.
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No injuries were reported, but the sheriff said four firefighters were taken to various hospitals for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. The firefighters were released soon after they were treated.
