What is currently happening with the egg industry and bird flu is one of the most egregious things I've seen in my 14 years working on this issue. It’s a story of careless pandemic risk, billion+ in public bailouts, and some of the worst animal cruelty you can imagine. 🧵
Taxpayers are on the hook to compensate the worst actors. Companies that have put us all at risk with their practices get massive payouts. Zero incentive to prevent outbreaks. Just handouts for failure. sentientmedia.org/us-taxpayers-p…
Look at Cal-Maine: took $44M in taxpayer bailouts, hit record stock prices, and spent $110M expanding operations. They're using our money to acquire smaller farmers while keeping egg prices high! nypost.com/2025/02/12/bus…
'Ventilation shutdown' is how they kill: Seal thousands of conscious animals in a barn, cut off airflow, and pump in heat until they die of suffocation or heatstroke. Companies choose this method because it's cheap. vavsd.org/about
At what point do we stop propping up this broken system?
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