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#54: COVID-19 Shuts Down Slaughterhouses, Sickens Workers
Animal Justice
English - May 01, 2020 21:15 - 1 hour - 109 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsEducation Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Camille and Katie Sykes dive into the massive COVID-19 outbreaks at slaughterhouses in Canada and south of the border. Animals aren't the only victims of slaughterhouses—the meat industry also treats workers abysmally. Slaughterhouses are already one of the most dangerous workplaces imaginable, and now they have become coronavirus hotspots due to the meat industry's failure to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Slaughterhouses are being forced to shut down, and there are now calls for a criminal workplace investigation after at least two Alberta slaughterhouse workers are dead. Meanwhile, the meat industry is already starting to "depopulate" animals because of its inability to pivot and adapt to new market conditions.