Fire kills 500,000 hens
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, June 2012:
Fire kills 500,000 hens
ROGGEN, Colorado–An April 30, 2012 fire at the Boulder
Valley Poultry egg farm razed three of the 10 barns at the facility,
killing nearly half a million of the one million resident hens. Fire
crews from Wiggins, Hudson, and Fort Lupton fought the blaze,
which attracted a large crowd, including an unidentified lone
demonstrator who stood with a sign reading “Save the Chickens,”
reported Sharon Dunn of the Greeley Tribune.
