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    5 months ago

    Those poor animals. First a miserable life and then such a horrible way to die.

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    It’s worth mentioning this isn’t an isolated instance sadly

    Fires on large-scale animal farms, or factory farms, are surprisingly common. Over the last decade, at least 6.5 million farmed animals, mostly chickens, perished in barn fires in the US

    The true number is likely significantly higher, AWI notes, because not all states have the same reporting requirements, and because farm animals are property with essentially no legal protection from suffering

    https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23683141/texas-farm-fire-explosion-dimmitt-cows-factory-dairy

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      Looks like we are getting at the post-dystopian check point sooner than thought

      That one instance has the power over millions of creatures of any species and for whatever purpose, incarcerated in one big container, to do with them as they please, is more horrific than any story i read so far.

      Even more so that we are just starting to find out how intelligent animals really are.

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      5 months ago

      That’s messed up. You’d think they’re have fire extinguishers and stuff installed.

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        Extinguishers wouldn’t do much, but you may mean fire sprinklers, but that’s probably never going to be installed. You’d have to inspect, test and maintain that system, and who wants to invest time and money in that.

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    5 months ago

    Ok seriously, what possible purpose is served by letting states have their own agencies that can have less strict requirements than federal standards?

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      US federal regulations are also quite weak for barn fires. Unfortunately they are not alone in that. Other countries such as Canada and the Netherlands are similar and have frequent barn fires too

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    5 months ago

    Animal agriculture kills something like 200 million chickens a day. They all live short miserable lives anyway, this hardly stands out to me.

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      Only paying attention if it affects the price is why we’ll never hear about the surprisingly frequent cases of them

      Millions of birds have died on single fires before. With how things currently are, it almost certainly won’t be last

      They’re usually only reported on locally, but they kill hundres of thousands to millions each year by being roasted alive or from toxic gases