A farm run by International Poultry Breeders had 12,000 chicks die in a fire caused by malfunctioning heaters in a single chicken house earlier this month.
Five years ago, on the same day, 20,000 chickens died at the farm during a tornado that destroyed two chicken houses.
The 12,000 chick deaths represent only 0.000024% of the 50 billion chickens that are being raised for meat and eggs worldwide.
Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/12000-baby-chicks-die-factory-farm-fire.php?campaign=th_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+treehuggersite+(Treehugger)
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