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Canadian Food Inspection Agency records indicate that more than 2 million poultry arrive at the slaughterhouse dead every year. This video shows why. Birds that end up with the Granny's Poultry label often start with large patches of feathers missing, bloody rears and tails and caked in feces. These birds are chased and aggressively grabbed by untrained catchers, crammed into cages for transportation without the ability to stand, left fully exposed to extreme cold weather (-40C to -50C), and are live-hung, upside-down by their feet before being slaughtered. The method of "stunning" - the electrified stun bath - has been shown to immobilize the birds but not render them unconscious. So many birds enter the scald bath alive that they defecate in the water spreading Salmonella bacteria. In one study, 75% of baths in poultry slaughterhouses tested contained Salmonella bacteria. Government inspectors' record show that millions of birds are scalded to death or drown in the scald tank. Please watch the Broken Wings Photo Slideshow and read the full report on the CETFA website.