'Factory farm' danger
On intensive "factory" chicken farms, tens of thousands of birds can be crammed into dark, windowless sheds. Invariably, the sheds are cleaned out only after each "crop" of birds has been "raised", causing the birds to live their brief lives amid their own faeces and urine. Such farms not only cause untold animal suffering, but they also provide excellent breeding grounds for animal diseases.
Intensive animal farming is detrimental to animal welfare, the environment and, as is increasingly being realised, human health.
ROSS MINETT
Director, Advocates for Animals
Queensferry Street
Edinburgh