According to the Delaware shelter that had taken care of the thousands of girls who were discovered abandoned inside a postal truck for three days, the final group was picked up on Thursday morning and placed in new homes.
According to the First State Animal Center and SPCA, all of the remaining chickens—estimated at over 5,000—were adopted by local families, rescues, and farms, while some others, such as turkeys and quails, were also adopted.
The chicks were among 12,000 birds that were left in a truck at a mail distribution center in Delaware without any supervision.
According to the state Department of Agriculture, thousands of people perished as a result of being trapped in hot weather without food or water. According to the USPS, it is looking into the “process breakdown” that took place.
An overburdened First State Animal Center and SPCA had been caring for the remaining birds for over two weeks, according to executive director John Parana.
According to Parana, the shelter would not take adopters who intended to use the birds for meat because it is a no-kill operation.
While some adopters took them as pets, others took hundreds at a time in the hopes of finding hens that would lay eggs.
The shelter celebrated the adoptions as “GREAT NEWS!!” in a Facebook statement, adding, “ALL of these thousands of babies will live out their natural lives.” We appreciate everyone’s generosity, donations, and concern for animals.
Our staff has put in countless hours, provided care, conducted adoption screenings, and worked tirelessly to make this happen.
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To help recover the money lost from other shelter operations, supplies, feed, and overtime paid out over the last three weeks, we are still requesting donations. Without you, dear friends, we could not have accomplished this. We sincerely “Thank You” for that.
After her daughter found out about the girls’ predicament, Stephanie Bruzdzinski adopted a few of them.
“She was very upset and wanted to help out,” Bruzdzinski said, echoing her own shock at the news. “She doesn’t like when things aren’t getting taken care of.”
According to a company spokesperson, the chicks were unable to be returned because of biosecurity concerns. The birds were part of the weekly bird shipment that Pennsylvania-based Freedom Ranger Hatchery sends to customers across the nation.
