Powys named ‘Worst Council in the UK’ by PETA
For approving more than 150 intensive chicken farms in the past five years alone, Powys County Council has received the title of “Worst Council in the UK” from PETA – along with a lump of coal.
In a letter sent to the council, we reminded councillors that there are currently more than 8 million chickens suffering in Powys. They outnumber the county’s human residents 64 to one.
Why Powys Won ‘Worst Council in the UK’ Award
Christmas is coming early for the members of the Powys County Council, but they’re on the “naughty list”.
Without a thought to the sensitive beings who would be trapped and suffer on each intensive chicken farm, the council approved an appalling 150 applications for these hideous facilities in the past five years alone.
Local residents even sued the council for rubber-stamping applications for mega-farms that have turned the River Wye into “pea soup” from manure, chemicals, and other muck – but the council keeps greenlighting more.
PETA is calling on the council to offer a little peace on Earth and goodwill to all by rejecting future requests for more chicken prisons.
The Cruelty Behind Factory Farms
PETA investigations have exposed time after time that chickens spend their entire miserable lives crammed by the tens of thousands into filthy, windowless, disease-ridden sheds on industrial-scale farms.
Disingenuously named “free-range” labels are simply a marketing tactic to make consumers feel better about their purchase.
Chickens are smart, social, sensitive animals who love their families and value their own lives.
Those raised for their flesh on factory farms are routinely fed antibiotics and bred to grow so large that their legs often collapse under their own bodyweight. At the abattoir, they’re shackled upside down, their throats are slit, and they’re scalded in defeathering tanks – sometimes while still conscious.
Hotspot for Disease
Factory farms are breeding grounds for diseases such as bird flu, swine flu, SARS, and COVID-19, which all stemmed from confining and killing animals for food.
And as the UK is facing its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu, Powys – with its massive population of chickens packed into severely crowded farms – is at high risk of being a hotspot for the disease.
Be the Change You Want to See
Every person who goes vegan spares the lives of around 200 animals per year. The best thing you can do to help the 8 million chickens suffering on factory farms in Powys is to go vegan.
Be the change you want to see and make a New Year’s resolution to be kinder to animals.
Try PETA’s January Vegan Challenge and receive guidance, discounts, offers, meal plans, recipes, and top tips. Just do it – you’ll never look back!
