A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for thousands of chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days.

Delaware’s Department of Agriculture said it received a call earlier this month from USPS saying the Postal Service had an “undeliverable box of baby birds.” About 12,000 chicks had been shipped from the Pennsylvania-based Freedom Ranger Hatchery to farms across the country.

State agricultural officials say that when they found the chicks at a USPS distribution center in Delaware, around 4,000 were dead.

    • @decended_being@midwest.social
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      1416 days ago

      What a despicable way to respond to a well reasoned and compassionate comment.

      I get that inner reflection is difficult, I really do. But if someone’s message hits you in a particularly poignant way, responding with cruelty just doesn’t seem helpful for anyone involved. I hope you’re able to grow past it and hold a mirror to yourself.

    • @MTK@lemmy.world
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      616 days ago

      Look, horrible people who understand, accept, and celebrate atrocities always have and always will exist. These are tiny percentages of society. Are you really that horrible of a person? Or maybe you are just so deep in denial that you go for a distraction like childish insults that help you avoid facing reality? Or maybe just a troll?

      In any case, I will not engage with you any further. Please reflect on your own views, actions, and words.