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Turtle Salmonella Outbreak More Than Doubles to 20 Cases and 5 Hospitalizations as It Reaches 12 States
14+ hour, 53+ min ago (935+ words) A Salmonella outbreak linked to pet turtles has more than doubled since it was first announced, with the CDC now counting 20 sick people in 12 states, including five who were hospitalized. The agency's Sept. 18 update added 12 new cases, six new states…...
83 Chickens Rescued From Abandoned Truck in Brooklyn
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (289+ words) An abandoned U-Haul truck packed with crates of chickens turned up on a Flatbush street Friday night, and by the time animal rights volunteers finished sorting through it, they had rescued 83 live birds — and found dozens more already dead. The…...
Chickens Gone Wild in Lakewood After Kapparot Event, Rescuers Step In
16+ hour, 52+ min ago (508+ words) LAKEWOOD, NJ — A handful of chickens apparently escaped their intended fate following this week’s Kapparot observances in Lakewood, turning up alive behind a local business before residents and animal advocates stepped in to help. The unusual rescue began after several…...
Free-range paradox: The high cost of happy chickens
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (331+ words) The Price of a Better Henhouse The environmental footprint considered all the resources and pollution in egg production: growing the feed, energy (electrical) generation, housing, and manure management, all the same ones we might use in evaluating the ecological footprint…...
Former chief rabbi urges Jews to use money, not chickens, for Yom Kippur kapparot ritual
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (375+ words) Ynetnews âWhere there is concern about causing suffering to animals, the kapparot custom should be observed with money, in the amount equivalent to the cost of a chicken â 35 shekels,â he wrote Ahead of Yom Kippur, which falls…...
Runaway chicken rides truck for 73 miles before being rescued
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (285+ words) By Laura Kearns and Jack Fifield A pet chicken has been returned home after she fled her coop and traveled 73 miles on the back of a truck. Chicken Lickin went missing from her home near Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday, and…...
Runaway chicken rides truck for 73 miles before being rescued | National
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (285+ words) By Laura Kearns and Jack Fifield A pet chicken has been returned home after she fled her coop and traveled 73 miles on the back of a truck. Chicken Lickin went missing from her home near Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday, and…...
Runaway chicken rides truck for 73 miles before being rescued | National | paintsvilleherald.com
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (285+ words) By Laura Kearns and Jack Fifield A pet chicken has been returned home after she fled her coop and traveled 73 miles on the back of a truck. Chicken Lickin went missing from her home near Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday, and…...
Homes urgently sought for 154 hens after lives spent laying eggs
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (305+ words) Time is running out to find homes for 154 ex-commercial hens. The British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT) is urging animal lovers across Southampton, Eastleigh, and the wider Solent area to adopt the free-range laying hens. A rehoming event is set to…...
Chicken Goes Gallivanting and Suddenly Can’t Find Her Way Home
1+ week, 2+ day ago (322+ words) I have chickens, so I know they can wander off with the confidence of tiny explorers who absolutely believe they have a return plan. This hen apparently skipped that part. In the video, she's way down the road after deciding…...