25
Jun
Freedom This Isn’t
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Yet again the “Freedom Food” scheme has come under heavy criticism, this time backed by video evidence and a Five News report – a recent investigation by our friends at Hillside Animal Sanctuary and Five News unearthed evidence of gross neglect of chickens at a farm in Norfolk.
The RSPCA’s Freedom Food scheme is sold to consumers as protecting the welfare of our feathered friends, it is unquestionably a big step up from the standard abuses of most factory farms; the thing that shocks me the most is that the RSPCA were so blasé about the whole affair and only yesterday removed their Freedom Food endorsement from the farm in question. Tell me if I’m wrong but aren’t the RSPCA supposed to be behind undercover investigations and the like, to prevent cruelty to animals?
Good job I wasn’t the undercover reporter or I may have failed to remove my foot from the farm owners’ behind! This kind of blatant mistreatment of animals – only uncovered through clandestine filming – happens daily throughout the nation. While it’s important for this case to be highlighted, I wouldn’t want people thinking that this is a one off thing, which it clearly isn’t – this is still a lot better than all the battery farms around the country. That should turn us all off eating eggs and chicken, at least.
Your ‘desperate to help chickens in need’ Matt
Something to note is that the RSPCA’s so-called ‘Freedom’ Food scheme doesn’t even require the animals to be Free-range. And free-range is horrible in itself.