{"id":8017,"date":"2018-09-29T16:08:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T00:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=8017"},"modified":"2018-10-02T16:11:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T00:11:47","slug":"hurricane-florence-death-toll-climbs-to-more-than-4-million-farmed-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2018\/09\/29\/hurricane-florence-death-toll-climbs-to-more-than-4-million-farmed-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"HURRICANE FLORENCE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 4 MILLION FARMED ANIMALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New shocking footage compiled by animal-rights organization Compassion Over Killing shows the devastation on the ground in North Carolina\u2014where waste lagoons are spilling into waterways that service communities of color.<\/h3>\n

by<\/em>\u00a0ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>More than 4.1 million chickens and turkeys have perished during Hurricane Florence, according to new figures released by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services\u2014which previously estimated that\u00a03.4 million<\/a>\u00a0chickens and turkeys, and 5,500 pigs died during the natural disaster.<\/p>\n

Animal-rights organization Compassion Over Killing released new\u00a0footage<\/a>\u00a0of the hurricane\u2019s aftermath, revealing the extent of the flooding on the ground in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly, farmed animals are legally considered\u2014and insured as\u2014property,\u201d COK Director of Investigations Mike Wolf told VegNews. \u201cNot only does this allow the meat, egg, and dairy industries to treat these animals in horrific ways, [but] farmers have more incentive to abandon these animals to die in natural disasters like Hurricane Florence, than they do to evacuate or protect them.\u201d<\/p>\n

COK reveals that human survivors of the storm, mostly communities of color, are now exposed to serious health risks as factory-farm waste lagoons are seeping toxins into local waterways. \u201cWhen natural disasters like this occur, often the populations most affected are those that were vulnerable to begin with,\u201d Wolf said. \u201cIn the areas of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Florence, and in many places beyond, factory farms are often located in largely African American, Hispanic, and Native American communities. Because these factories are also often in poor, rural areas, many of the nearby residents do not have the resources to leave their homes when disaster strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to the hurricane, meat company Smithfield was fined\u00a0$473 million<\/a>\u00a0for exposing North Carolinians to toxic waste from its factory farms, a fine that Wolf says is a \u201cslap on the wrist\u201d that will not deter factory farms from reforming waste management issues such as open-air cesspools, \u201cdespite their likelihood of bursting and flooding when storms hit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Veg News New shocking footage compiled by animal-rights organization Compassion Over Killing shows the devastation on the ground in North Carolina\u2014where waste lagoons are spilling into waterways that service communities of color. by\u00a0ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA More than 4.1 million chickens and turkeys have perished during Hurricane Florence, according to new figures released by the North Carolina … <\/p>\n

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