The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or NSPCA, said it wasn’t able to say for certain how many other chickens had already died by the time its officers reached several neglected poultry farming sites because of the “mass cannibalism” that took place among the birds.

The NSPCA managed to save more than 500,000 chickens, it said.

The chickens were owned by Daybreak Foods, a major poultry supplier owned by South Africa’s state asset management company Public Investment Corp.

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    8 months ago

    I’m unclear as to why the state didn’t rush to get the company the resources to feed these birds.

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      If the state needs to feed the livestock then they should be property of the state, no more privatisation of profits and nationalisation of losses.

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        8 months ago

        But it says the company is owned by the state. Am I missing something?

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          8 months ago

          I missed that somehow despite reading the article, I blame not having my morning coffee before commenting