One last chance of escape was foiled as a truckload of chickens heading to the slaughter were rounded up by local officials. The lorry carrying 3,000 chickens jackknifed, snarling the A80 near Glasgow. A witness said, “I’ve never seen anything like it. There were dead chickens all of the roads, live chickens running around everywhere, and policemen along with ‘chicken catchers’ trying to grab them and place them back into containers.”
The flapping and squawking flurry of feathers was reduced by 400. Police officers, vets, and trained handlers from the chicken company chased and captured 2,000 birds. It took them five hours.
Chickens on the Run
One last chance of escape was foiled as a truckload of chickens heading to the slaughter were rounded up by local officials. The lorry carrying 3,000 chickens jackknifed, snarling the A80 near Glasgow. A witness said, "I've never seen anything like it. There were dead chickens all of the roads, live chickens running around everywhere, and policemen along with 'chicken catchers' trying to grab them and place them back into containers."
The flapping and squawking flurry of feathers was reduced by 400. Police officers, vets, and trained handlers from the chicken company chased and captured 2,000 birds. It took them five hours.