{"id":941,"date":"2007-02-26T01:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T01:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/cruelty-to-chickens-caught-on-tape.html"},"modified":"2007-02-26T01:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-26T01:48:00","slug":"cruelty-to-chickens-caught-on-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2007\/02\/cruelty-to-chickens-caught-on-tape.html","title":{"rendered":"Cruelty to Chickens Caught on Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/monkandeggs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/monkandeggs.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Oh boy, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mepkinabbey.org\" target=\"_blank\">Trappist monastery<\/a> down in South Carolina (where my parents once went on a spiritual retreat) has been busted big time for alleged cruelty to the chickens that produce the eggs the abbey sells to support itself. <\/p>\n<p>Birds are crowded, starved to stimulate egg production, and left to flap around and slowly die once injured. All this despite the monks&#8217; claim that they have a sacred mission to husband animals and care for the earth. Have a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/getactive.peta.org\/campaign\/mepkin\" target=\"_new\">the PETA undercover investigation <\/a>here. And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/02\/21\/us\/21chicken.html\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s<\/a> the New York Times story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh boy, this Trappist monastery down in South Carolina (where my parents once went on a spiritual retreat) has been busted big time for alleged cruelty to the chickens that produce the eggs the abbey sells to support itself. 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