A Delaware animal shelter is urgently seeking homes for over 12,000 baby chicks that were abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for more than three days. These chicks were being transported by a Pennsylvania hatchery but were left without food or water in rising temperatures, resulting in the death of thousands. The incident has sparked an investigation into how this mishap occurred. Freedom Ranger Hatchery, responsible for raising the chicks, expressed concern over the impact this situation has on small farms across the country and criticized the Postal Service for lacking clarity on the error.
For more than 36 hours, the chicks had no food or water as temperatures rose to the mid-80s, the shelter said. By the time they were found, thousands had died.
Freedom Ranger Hatchery raised the chicks for weekly deliveries to clients across the country and shipped them using the Postal Service, calling it the 'industry standard for live chicks' that's safe and humane 'when everyone does their job correctly.'
The wayward shipment has hurt small farms across the country that were counting on the birds, Freedom Ranger said, adding that the Postal Service hasn't provided clear answers about what went wrong.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture tapped First State to care for the birds. The Camden, Delaware, shelter said it's been stretched thin by 'this massive undertaking to save these babies.'
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