Justice sentenced them to pay a fine of only 50 thousand dollars.
just fine of just over 5 thousand dollars (44 thousand pounds sterling) was received by the company managing the poultry farm in the United Kingdom where a computer failure caused the deaths of more than 27 thousand chickens
The Magistrate’s Court leicester heard that there were 50,000 chickens at Hose Lodge Farm, in the small town of Colston Bassett, on ventilation control systems failed 2 years ago.
As the temperature in the large barn rose rapidly, more than half of the animals died, while the survivors still suffered badly.
Leicestershire County Council has sued Hudson & Sanders, the company that runs the farm, for being negligent in caring for the birds, which are cared for for their meat.
The birds did not cool down due to the failure of ventilation, which caused them heat of stress, unnecessary suffering and death.
An alarm went off when the temperature rose to 37 ° C, alerting staff, but they I had to set it to drop 10 ° C and that failedtold the court.
Leicestershire County Council has sued Hudson & Sanders, the company that runs the farm, for being careless in caring for birdsbeing farmed for their meat.
The company, it is disputed, has not ensured that there is enough staff to take care of the chickens and, moreover, they are not trained to the degree they need.
“When the crisis broke out, the people on duty didn’t know what to do,” Justice ruled, which, however, only gave him a fine that seemed small.
“When the crisis came, people on duty don’t know what to do“, ruled Justice, which, however, only gave him a fine that seemed small.
Six months before the incident, in November 2019, a veterinarian from the Animal and Plant Health Agency visited the farm and announced your concerns about staff shortages and your ventilation plan.
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