From LA to New York, chickens take flight

We all know they do things bigger, if not necessarily better in the USA.

But the Forager was still impressed with this tale from across the pond of a re-homing project for spent hens. Apparently, some 1,150 birds from a battery farm in California have been flown to New York, prior to being sent on to a number of east coast sanctuaries.

According to the report in The Guardian, one anonymous donor coughed up $50,000 to charter a private jet to fly out the birds, after commercial airlines refused the consignment. An employee from a Michigan-based sanctuary then drove eight hours to New York just to pick up 100 of the hens.

“If you meet a chicken, they have unique personalities – like dogs and cats,” said a spokeswoman for welfare group Animal Sanctuary, which organised the airlift. “We think they deserve the same compassion and respect we give to dogs and cats. I promise we’re not crazy.”

We’ll be the judge of that….