A London student has modeled a design for unconscious chicken - TopicsExpress



          

A London student has modeled a design for unconscious chicken farming. It’s a pretty grim affair, made of a massive steel frame that would contain up to 1,000 birds. In it the chickens are completely immobilized—their feet are removed (to save space), and the birds receive food, water and oxygen through an intricate network of tubes. In order to eliminate the suffering that chickens would face under such conditions, Ford proposes that the birds’ cerebral cortex be removed, leaving the brain stem (and key homeostatic functions) intact. The chickens would continue to grow, but would basically spend their lives in a coma. Read more here ---> bit.ly/19QzkKr
Posted on: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:04:49 +0000

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