Christmas Cruelty: Turkeys eaten alive on award-winning farm
Extreme suffering and cannibalism has been revealed on an Essex farm which supplies ‘English Rose’ turkeys to high-end retailers, local butcher shops and pubs.
Harrowing scenes of suffering on an award-winning farm, Grove Smith Turkeys Ltd, have been released by Animal Equality. Our investigators found injured, sick and crippled birds tightly packed into crowded sheds, with those who didn’t survive left to rot amongst the living.
The shocking footage shows:
- Birds who are unable to walk being pecked and eaten alive by their flock mates.
- Multiple birds with severely infected wounds on their heads and eyes that were left untreated. Some had gone blind.
- Crowded sheds without adequate enrichment for these inquisitive animals, causing the birds to peck each other out of boredom and frustration.
- Birds who had their beak tip cut off with a hot blade, a painful mutilation performed without anaesthetic.
- Dozens of dead birds left to rot among the living, some for so long they were reduced to just skeletons.
Marketed as ‘prestigious’ and ‘high-welfare’, the farm supplies birds branded as ‘English Rose’ turkeys to high-end retailers such as COOK and The Great British Meat Company, as well as many local butcher shops and pubs including the Youngs chain.
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