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Farmed Chickens Can't Walk; Just Grow Them in Vats Already

Farmed Chickens Can't Walk; Just Grow Them in Vats Already

By Brandon Keim EmailFebruary 06, 2008 | 12:23:16 PMCategories: Agriculture, Animals, Food and Drink  

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Farmed chickens are bred to grow so rapidly that many can hardly walk, report British scientists.

Their government-commissioned report, published yesterday in Public Library of Science ONE, describe in formal but gruesome detail the effect of industrial demands on the animals we eat.

Changes to animal husbandry could moderate these effects, suggest the researchers -- but wouldn't it be better just to grow the meat in vats, and skip the animals altogether?

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