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Male and female take turns sitting on the eggs and feeding the young. The Modesto cooperative is the only one of its kind in the United States, he says, and its success has been noticed elsewhere. The Chinese, he says, have been seeking to purchase thousands of breeders from the California cooperative to upgrade their stock. All Sections. About Us. According to Elhawary, the chickens at his markets come from farms in Fresno or Ramona and he makes sure all the animals he sells are healthy.
We use sharp knives, and we do the chicken fast and accurately. We don't let the chicken suffer," Elhawary says. Nevertheless, activists who support the closure of wet markets prioritize another concern — the transportation process. Rowland, of PawPAC, says people who want to maximize their profits will transport as many live animals as possible in trucks or planes, which is dangerous and inhumane.
Rowland says she doesn't believe slaughtering animals in industrial slaughterhouses then transporting the meat to grocery stores is necessarily more humane, safer or healthier. But, she says, "There are no factory farms in the city of Los Angeles and so because of that, we don't have to address that issue. The proposal to ban wet markets in L. She says she's starting with California but wants that message to sweep the world.
Councilman Koretz, for his part, is waiting on the report so he can decide "whether it's a practical thing to pursue. Although the report was supposed to come out by July 10 — 30 days after the motion was passed — it has not yet been completed.
A staffer at Councilman Koretz's office said the city expects to see the report in late July or early August. If officials want to move forward with the proposal, the City Council will have to pass another motion directing City Attorney Feuer to draft the law. While officials wait for the city's feasibility report, Elhawary worries. If the proposed measure moves forward, he says he may organize a demonstration with his customers. He fears that if he has to stop selling freshly slaughtered poultry, his three markets will go out of business.
In the meantime, Zoila Sandoval has been watching as the workers at L. Fresh Poultry process her order. After she's requested her six chickens at the counter, two licensed butchers grab them from the cages that are not visible to customers. They take the birds to the killing room, where they're slaughtered, drained and plucked.
Then, two more workers remove the giblets, wash the chickens and pass them through an open doorway to a clerk. One of the shop's two butchers, Merare Nataneal, has spent 12 years honing his craft. At 66, he worries the ordinance, if passed, will put him on the unemployment line.
Behind the counter, a clerk weighs, wraps and bags the freshly killed birds. After paying at the register, Sandoval leaves L. Fresh Poultry under the gaze of Foghorn Leghorn, six still-warm birds piled in the basket of her walker as she rolls down Virgil Ave, heading home to make lunch for her son. Support for LAist comes from. Become a sponsor. LAist logo. We Explain L. The Brief. How To New LA. Search Query Show Search. Stay Connected. Keep up with LAist Our top stories delivered weeknights.
Share This Facebook Twitter. By Yingjie Wang. Published Jul 9, AM. Zoila Isabel Sandoval, originally from Guatemala, has been buying chicken from L. Fresh Poultry for years. LAist relies on your reader support, not paywalls. Freely accessible local news is vital. Please power our reporters and help keep us independent with a donation today. Monthly Donation One-Time Donation.
A cashier at L. Fresh Poultry weighs some chicken. Many of the customers at L. Fresh Poultry have been buying from the store for years. A worker at L. Fresh Poultry brings from the chicken storage area. A customer walks out of L. Fresh Poultry after buying fresh chicken. Fresh Poultry cleans chicken before sending out to sell. Rabbits in cages in the storage area at L. Fresh Poultry. Owner Abdel Salam Elhawary works the register at L. A mural painted outside of L.
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