Fundraiser set up for burnt birds: 'In all my 13 years I have never seen such horrific injuries'
A fundraising page to help treat the hens injured in Sunday night's lorry blaze in Co Tyrone has raised almost £10,000.
Most of the 8,000 hens perished when the lorry they were in caught on fire in the tragedy but some managed to escape when the crates they were in melted. The fire closed the Benburb Road, Moy for three hours on Sunday evening.
In response members of the Northern Ireland Battery Hen Rescue and Re-homing Group based at Crumlin managed to save 43 hens with more still continuing in.
Babs Mladek from Moria set up the non-profit organisation in 2011 and put out an appeal for help to treat the birds by launching a Gofundme page.
She explained: “These girls were on their way to be slaughtered when the lorry they were in caught fire. Most of the 8,000 hens were burnt to death but some managed to escape when the crates they were in melted.
“The ones that got out were vet checked and sadly most were so badly burned they had to be euthanized.
“We have managed to save 43, some with bad burns but are treatable and most suffering the effects of toxic smoke inhalation. Unfortunately three have since died as their injuries were so bad.
"In all my 13 years of the Northern Ireland Battery Hen Rescue and Re-homing Group, I have never seen such horrific injuries. Attending the scene was terrible, totally heartbreaking. There were dead bodies everywhere. I felt like someone had punched me and was pulling out my insides. These birds were going to slaughter but they didn’t deserve to die like that.”
Most of the 8,000 hens perished when the lorry they were in caught on fire in the tragedy but some managed to escape when the crates they were in melted. The fire closed the Benburb Road, Moy for three hours on Sunday evening.
In response members of the Northern Ireland Battery Hen Rescue and Re-homing Group based at Crumlin managed to save 43 hens with more still continuing in.
Babs Mladek from Moria set up the non-profit organisation in 2011 and put out an appeal for help to treat the birds by launching a Gofundme page.
She explained: “These girls were on their way to be slaughtered when the lorry they were in caught fire. Most of the 8,000 hens were burnt to death but some managed to escape when the crates they were in melted.
“The ones that got out were vet checked and sadly most were so badly burned they had to be euthanized.
“We have managed to save 43, some with bad burns but are treatable and most suffering the effects of toxic smoke inhalation. Unfortunately three have since died as their injuries were so bad.
"In all my 13 years of the Northern Ireland Battery Hen Rescue and Re-homing Group, I have never seen such horrific injuries. Attending the scene was terrible, totally heartbreaking. There were dead bodies everywhere. I felt like someone had punched me and was pulling out my insides. These birds were going to slaughter but they didn’t deserve to die like that.”
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