Israel Up in Arms About Cruelty!

The Israeli activist group Anonymous for Animal Rights has set up a hidden webcam that streams live video footage of the cruel conditions endured by egg-laying hens in factory farms (where most eggs actually come from). The owners of the egg farm haven’t found the camera yet, but you can imagine that they’re desperately trying to locate it.

Even though this stuff is hard to watch, it isn’t the only suffering that these chickens will endure. When their egg-laying wanes, these birds will be sent to slaughter. They will be hung upside down, and their legs will be slammed into metal shackles. Birds will then have their throats cut and be immersed in scalding-hot water to remove their feathers.

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Dioxin Animal Feed Scare Shuts German Farms

More than 4,700 German farms have been closed after large amounts of animal feed were found to be contaminated with dioxin, a poisonous chemical.

Officials insist the levels of dioxin do not pose a risk to humans, and that the closures are only a precaution.

Most of the affected farms are pig farms in Germany's Lower Saxony region. Meanwhile, the EU has warned that eggs from farms affected by dioxin have entered the UK in processed products destined for human food.

The eggs had been sent to the Netherlands for processing and then on to the UK where they were likely to be destined for use in the production of a variety of food stuffs including mayonnaise and pastries.

The dioxin scare has prompted South Korea to block imports of German pork and poultry products from reaching consumers due to health concerns, local media reported on Friday.

Last week, more than 1,000 German farms were banned from selling eggs after dioxin was found in eggs and poultry.The origin of the contamination has been traced to a distributor in the northern state of Schleswig Holstein, where oils intended for use in bio-fuels were accidentally distributed for animal feed. Initially, the scare was confined to Germany but then it emerged that a batch of eggs had been exported to Holland and from there to Britain.

Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12133361