More than 80 chickens rescued from abandoned truck in Brooklyn, activists say
Photos shared by activists show that a sign reading "Kaparos on the Go" was affixed to the truck. Activists say the chickens are linked to a pre-Yom Kippur sacrifice custom practiced by a minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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The investigation is ongoing and the police could not offer any additional information.
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The first group of 200 chickens – just 80 of them were still alive – were discovered in crates in an abandoned U-Haul on Winthrop Avenue between East 45th Street and Troy Avenue around 5 p.m. Shortly after, more birds were found in a second unattended U-Haul about a mile and a half away at...
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Two girls were on a bicycle in the East Village when it was struck by a turning truck. The surviving girl, 16, was in stable condition.