Animal Rights Activists Face Off With Jewish Community Over Treatment Of Chickens During Kaporos
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A man reads a prayer while swinging a chicken around his head.
Protestors feed chickens while man guards truck
Activists head to the festival.
Chickens are held before prayers- later they will be delivered to the butcher
The butcher, holding a razor blade.
Chickens are penned in crates, stacked more than a dozen high on each truck
Men discussing chickens
Chickens are held during prayer
Children waiting in line for the butcher
A chicken is handled.
Activists feeding a chicken watermelon.
A woman with a chicken puppet at the festival
Men handling chickens
A women prays with a chicken
Activists, carrying watermelon, document the activity
Activists feeding chicken watermelon
The butcher kills chickens
Men holding chickens
After butchering, the chickens are stuffed in garbage bags and dropped out the backside of the culling station