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Shocking Video: Florence Rainfall Drowns Thousands of Factory Farm Animals in NC

HeadlineSep 20, 2018

Animal rights activists have released shocking video footage from factory farms in North Carolina that were flooded during Hurricane Florence. Activists say they found barns with thousands of drowned chickens and dumpsters filled with dead piglets.

Elizabeth Jones: “As you can see, there are thousands of baby piglets in these dumpsters outside of these pig facilities, dumped like garbage into giant metal dumpsters.”

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