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Animal Cruelty Have you ever thought about where your chicken come from before you put it on your plate? Chickens is one of my major concerns. I was sent an article late at night about how chickens are raised in farms for mass production. I love chicken so I opened it because I was interested. First there was an article and then there was a video. The article was disturbing enough and then the video blew my mind with how inhumane it was. They were raised as babies and thousands of chickens in one room. They burned off their beaks, suffocated in trash bags, and then they were put in a blender alive. I couldn’t believe this is how Tyson made their food. It was very barbaric. How could you treat any type of animals in that way and for

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