Caged-egg farm under investigation by MPI after video shows rotting chickens

December 19th, 2019

The Ministry for Primary Industries is investigating potential animal welfare breaches at a Northland caged-egg farm after video showed dead chickens rotting inside. The footage, filmed covertly and provided exclusively to Newshub, shows alongside dead and decaying chickens, blood close to where eggs were laid, a severely egg-bound hen and hens lacking wing feathers.

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