What happens to turkeys on factory farms?
Crowded inside dark, filthy factory farm warehouses by the thousands, commercially- bred turkeys are treated like unfeeling commodities and denied the very basics of a natural life. They are bred to reach a crippling weight at an unnaturally fast rate, debeaked and detoed without anesthetic, at risk for disease, and plagued by constant stress and physical debilitations. Selectively bred to grow abnormally large breasts, they can no longer reproduce naturally, meaning all commercial turkeys are bred through artificial insemination. These sentient creatures suffer immensely before reaching the slaughterhouse at only 14 to 18 weeks of age … more than 46 million of these unfortunate birds are destined for the Thanksgiving dinner table. Find more facts on factory farming here.
