Torturous method takes as long as 15 minutes to kill the birds as they are slowly suffocated with frothing liquid poured over them
THIS gruesome footage shows chickens infected with bird flu taking up to 15 minutes to die as they are suffocated with foam.
The so-called “suffocation method” works by pouring gallons of foam on top of the birds as they’re penned into a tight space.
In panic, the birds can be seen desperately scrambling for safety as the foam creeps closer.
Eventually, the birds’ die as their upper respiratory tract is blocked.
According to United Poultry Concerns, 95 per cent of birds will die using this method within seven minutes.
A worrying five per cent can take as long as 15 minutes to die by suffocation.
UPC reports that the US approved using the method in cases of outbreaks of disease in November 2006.
But The Washington Post reports that the only approved method of euthanasia for egg-laying hens is by exposure to carbon dioxide gas, which puts the birds to sleep before killing them.
The method most commonly used for turkeys and broiler chickens involves the use of a water-based foam, which kills the birds within approximately one minute.
The above footage was said to have been filmed in Israel in 2014, where the practice is allowed.
