On the factory farms that supply the overwhelming majority of meat today, turkeys are crammed so tightly into dark windowless sheds that spreading a wing is nearly impossible. To prevent these extremely stressed birds from hurting each other in this unnaturally confined setting, parts of the turkeys’ beaks and toes are cut off without any painkillers. And just this week, video was released from inside a turkey farm showing workers kicking birds and violently slamming them into transport trucks, abuses that have become disturbingly commonplace.
