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Thousands of chickens euthanized in South Africa after they were left starving and eating each other
Associated PressWed, 7 May 2025 at 4:30 AM SGT2-min read
This undated photo provided by South Africa's National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) shows dead chickens at a poultry farming site in Delmas, South Africa. (NSPCA South Africa via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)More
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Animal welfare officers faced the grisly task of euthanizing more than 350,000 chickens by hand after they were left starving and cannibalizing each other when a South African state-owned poultry company ran out of money to feed them, officials said Tuesday.
The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or NSPCA, said it wasn't able to say for certain how many other chickens had already died by the time its officers reached several neglected poultry farming sites because of the “mass cannibalism” that took place among the birds.
The NSPCA managed to save more than 500,000 chickens, it said.