Millions of US farm animals to be culled by suffocation, drowning and shooting

Closure of meat plants due to coronavirus means 'depopulation' of hens and pigs with methods experts say are inhumane, despite unprecedented demand at food banksMore than 10 million hens are estimated to have been culled due to Covid-19 related slaughterhouse shutdowns. The majority will have been smothered by a water-based foam, similar to fire-fighting foam, a method that animal welfare groups are calling "inhumane".The pork industry has warned that more than 10 million pigs could be culled by September for the same reason. The techniques used to cull pigs include gassing, shooting, anaesthetic overdose, or "blunt force trauma". Continue reading...