Lying away chickens filmed at Belgian chicken company

brussels - From undercover images of animal rights organization Animal Rights at poultry farms in Belgium, it appears that it is not the best thing to do with animal welfare. Broilers are thrown into containers for transport, whereby the legs or wings break regularly.

The images were made at the company PLV in Nijlen, the largest 'poultry service company' in Belgium. The chickens were slaughtered at slaughterhouse Plukon in Maasmechelen, which supplies meat to supermarket chains such as Aldi, Lidl, Delhaize and Carrefour.

In other chicken companies in Flanders and Wallonia, according to the organization, the same 'raw and disrespectful treatment' of broilers was recorded. Animal Rights has already exposed animal suffering several times, and the industry promised improvement in an action plan. The Flemish minister Ben Weyts (Animal Welfare) will investigate whether the agreements are being adhered to.