anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>their first ever contact with an open water source – before having their throats slit as a method of 'humane' <a href="https://mas.to/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a>.</p><p>When <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AnimalJusticeProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalJusticeProject</span></a> began investigating the duck industry in 2019, 15 million ducks were slaughtered annually. Today, 9 million ducks are killed in the UK. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DuckFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckFarming</span></a> is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/declining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>declining</span></a>, and we must only stop campaigning once we see this industry ceasing to exist.<br>This is the cold-hearted reality of the commercial duck 'meat' industry.</p><p>13/16</p>