| INFORMATION FROM THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED
STATES HUMANELINES, ISSUES 237, MARCH 6TH, 2003:
UPDATE: POULTRY COMPANY RESUMES STARVATION OF HENS:
On Tuesday (3/4), The SPCA of Puerto Rico reported that the Empresas
Picú poultry company in Puerto Rico is again allowing
tens of thousands of hens to starve to death, likely due to financial
difficulties. According to the SPCA of Puerto Rico, 40,000 chickens
are dying every day, and at least 100,000 have died so far. This
latest development comes in spite of recent assurances from the
Puerto Rico Agriculture Department that "no chickens are starving
to death" and that it has been "directing considerable
time and effort to aide this private company." Now it looks
as though the Agriculture Department's temporary assistance has
run out, leaving tens of thousands of animals to die a slow, agonizing
death by starvation.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Don't let Empresas Picú and the Puerto Rican government
get away with duping the public and starving tens of thousands of
birds to death! Last time, your thousands of calls, emails, and
faxes to the Agriculture Department compelled it to step in and
keep the hens alive. We must contact them again to let them know
that people around the world are still watching them and to make
sure they do not allow these tens of thousands of animals to die
of starvation!
Secretary of the Puerto Rico Agriculture Department Luis Rivero
Cubano
Phone: 787-722-0871
fax: 787-723-8512
email: lrivero@da.gobierno.pr
United Poultry Concerns is a nonprofit organization that promotes
the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl. http://www.upc-online.org
United Poultry Concerns, Inc.
PO Box 150
Machipongo, VA 23405-0150
757-678-7875
FAX: 757-678-5070
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