Turkeys
Turkeys possess remarkable intelligence, curiosity, and social depth, thriving in environments where they can explore, communicate, and form lasting bonds. Yet in factory farms, their lives are stripped of all natural freedom, denying them the most basic expressions of who they are. Such confinement not only robs turkeys of their instincts and dignity. It’s an injustice that demands abolition.
Confined and Stressed
Turkeys are amazingly intelligent and social birds, with complex hierarchy structures and naturally have wide territory ranges in the wild. Up to 60,000 acres! Turkeys living on factory farms never get to experience any of the natural instincts they display in the wild. Turkeys on factory farms are packed into barns by the thousands, which is extremely stressful for these bird, due to their intricate social structures.
Painful Mutilations
Turkeys are also subjected to painful mutilations like debeaking, the process of cutting off the tip of the beak with a hot blade or shears. They’re also detoed, the process of cutting of the tips of their toes with shears. They will also have their snoods cut off. These procedures are usually done without pain reliever or anesthetic.
Selective Breeding
Turkeys have been selectively bred and genetically modified to grow as fast as possible. So fast that they are usually prone to skeletal issues, heart issues, and outgrow the amount their bodies can handle. Tom turkeys grow so big so quickly, that they are unable to naturally reproduce, which means that artificial insemination is the only way to reproduce.
Young birds killed for their flesh
Turkeys will achieve “market weight” at around 4 months old. In the U.S., 220 million turkeys were slaughtered in 2023, about the entire population of Brazil.
