For the past 2 days I have been back and forth with a person that runs a rooster sanctuary, after they posted an infographic about how hatcheries deal with male chicks that was WILDLY inaccurate and incendiary and CLEARLY made by an ARA group. I've had to explain that when you see "asphyxiation" as a euthanization method, it means "they used CO2" not throwing LIVE chicks into dumpsters out back by the thousands to suffocate to death (which is what ARAs love to say every US farm is doing), and that when you see language like "their brothers" this is VERY SPECIFIC propaganda from ARA groups attempting to anthropomorphize animals in your mind. It's 100% meant to invoke the idea of the human bonds often formed between siblings, the familial bonds chickens do not have any concept of.
The conversation ended shortly after I said more than 1 in a million males is needed for breeding purposes (another claim made), and I'm like 99% sure they aren't pulled from the sale stock anyway, they're selected at the breeding facility, and they responded with that actually only one male is needed for every million hens because, and I quote: "The eggs and sperm are collected in a common trough that feeds into a bucket. Water is added to the eggs and sperm to induce fertilization. The excess sperm, ovarian fluid, and blood are rinsed away. The fertilized eggs are gently poured into an incubator tray."
and I had to inform them that they were copy pasting from a first search result on google, and that it was from a SALMON FISHERY.
Anyway. ARAs continue to be fear-mongering fools who will say anything with little to no research if it means they can get a knee-jerk reaction from someone that doesn't know better.
SORRY this is a next level stupid crazy:b comic I couldnt get out of my head 😭😭😭😭 inspired by real life convo with friends when i cooked for them and heard about the ASPARAGUS PEE THING!!! makes it smell bad for some people apparently?? asparagus feta mint salad rules btw this is how u make it: half a red onion diced (macerated in wine vinegar), 10-12 asparagus quickly blanched and chopped into 1-inch pieces, a bunch of mint leaves and some crumbled feta cheese. lemon juice is good on top too. ENJOY
These days, Macer is locked into vicious rivalry with Jeff (the killer), if only to feel something besides the growing call of the void. He used to create elaborate art and later elaborate traps and killing tools, but as the years wear on he's settled almost entirely with a fireman's axe he stole from the nearest town, which he keeps carefully sharpened.
Macer Gifford, a British veteran who has fought in the Ukrainian army, posted this video some time ago. He shows the damage done to a playground in a park due to Russian shelling and shrapnel. Despite how the video is not the most recent, it is still incredibly relevant.