Like thousands of birds who are unlucky enough to be born as males in the backyard chicken movement, he wasn't considered particularly useful. So Lucia was dumped and abandoned.
Update: As of 5:00 pm on September 19, the numbers have risen to 3.4 million birds and 5,500 pigs killed in Florence's aftermath. And media is now widely reporting on these casualties. Our story remains below as originally printed to provide a tiny glimpse into the lives of the beings behind these staggering figures. Unrelenting … Continue reading The Two Million Victims of Florence We Aren’t Talking About
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