Someone broke into a Foster Farms chicken shed in the Central Valley and used a golf club to massacre 920 chickens, authorities said.
The bloodbath happened just before 8:30 a.m. Sept. 20 in the town of Caruthers, about 17 miles south of Fresno.
The killers got into the chicken shed through a hole in the fence at 3691 West Swanson Ave. and used the club and possibly another instrument in the slaughter, said the Fresno County Sheriff?s Office.
Foster Farms estimated the damage at $5,000. The company is offering a reward for information leading to the convictions of those responsible.
"The perpetrator committed an unconscionable act of animal cruelty," a Foster Farms representative said in a statement. "This appears to be a random act of violence. It is the express policy of Foster Farms to treat its birds humanely and with compassion. Any intentional act to the contrary is unacceptable."
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