{"id":471137,"date":"2022-01-12T16:33:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/?p=1020518"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T16:33:22","slug":"video-dozens-of-ostriches-escape-chinese-farm-run-loose-on-city-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/01\/12\/video-dozens-of-ostriches-escape-chinese-farm-run-loose-on-city-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Dozens of Ostriches Escape Chinese Farm, Run Loose on City Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1020518\"\/><p>According to reports, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYl_FTIM4R0\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">dozens of ostriches<\/a> escaped a farm in southern China\u2019s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and ran loose through the streets of Chongzuo. Although residents and police were able to corral some of the sensitive birds, as many as 20 ostriches are still reportedly missing. In the video below, recorded on January 8, you can see the likely terrifying ordeal that these birds faced as they navigated a strange and unfamiliar environment.<\/p>\n<noscript class=\"loading-lazy\"><iframe allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CYl_FTIM4R0\/embed\/captioned\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"486314080c7e7db3f8668f15d72430ba\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>While ostriches can live for more than 40 years, those on farms are typically slaughtered when they\u2019re just a year old.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In their natural habitats, these intelligent birds share parental duties. The camouflaged mother takes care of the eggs during the daytime, and the father, who has black feathers, takes nighttime duty. Young ostriches typically stay with their parents for up to three years, but many raised on farms never even get to meet their parents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ostrich-green-grass.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-990149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ostrich-green-grass.jpeg\" alt=\"Two ostrich birds on green grass\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ostrich-green-grass.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ostrich-green-grass-300x275.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ostrich-green-grass-602x551.jpeg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ostrich-green-grass-768x703.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>PETA Exposes How Ostriches Suffer for Meat, Feathers, and Fashion <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In 2015, PETA investigators traveled to South Africa to get never-before-seen footage inside the largest ostrich slaughter companies in the world, including the exclusive supplier of ostrich skins for Herm\u00e8s Birkin bags.<\/p>\n<p>The investigators saw workers force terrified ostriches into stun boxes\u2014causing many to slip and fall\u2014and then slit their throats. The birds next in line watched helplessly as their flockmates were killed right in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>Ostrich feathers\u2014some of which are ripped out of the birds\u2019 skin while they\u2019re fully conscious\u2014are used in costumes and festivals like Brazil\u2019s Rio Carnival as well as in feather dusters, boas, and other accessories. Ostrich meat is also sold throughout the world.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Take Action for Ostriches<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can do your part to prevent the suffering of ostriches on farms and in slaughterhouses by always choosing vegan foods and fashions. Don\u2019t buy ostrich-skin or -feather accessories, and check out these delicious (and free) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/recipes\/\"><strong>vegan recipes<\/strong><\/a> to get inspired in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Want to do more?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1020518\"\/><p><a class=\"bright-blue text-button button large\"  href=\"https:\/\/investigations.peta.org\/ostriches-butchered-hermes-luxury\/#action\">Urge Herm\u00e8s and Prada to Ditch Ostrich Skin Now!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/video-ostriches-escape-farm-china-run-loose-city-streets\/\">VIDEO: Dozens of Ostriches Escape Chinese Farm, Run Loose on City Streets<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/video-ostriches-escape-farm-china-run-loose-city-streets\/\">Blog \u2013 PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can do your part to prevent the suffering of ostriches on farms and in slaughterhouses by always choosing vegan foods and fashions.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/video-ostriches-escape-farm-china-run-loose-city-streets\/\">VIDEO: Dozens of Ostriches Escape Chinese Farm, Run Loose on City Streets<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2148,13907],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471138,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471137\/revisions\/471138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}