We are devastated to report that the chicken we rescued last night did not survive his injuries. We named him Jamie Jr, “JJ” in honor of the kind human who found and got him to sanctuary. Rest in Peace, JJ. We are so sorry this world failed you, beautiful boy. Last night it was 35 degrees. If not for this community and the person stopping and taking the time to get JJ to us he would have suffered and froze to death, alone on hard pavement. At least he died inside on soft blankets in a heated room with someone by his side. We are living in a world that is increasingly prizing apathy and selfishness. More and more people approach every interaction with the “what’s in it for me” attitude. As we mentioned last night, even the vet office the woman first called said to leave JJ on the roadside because she had “no obligation” to help him. No obligation? Should we only be acting if we are obligated? If we can get something out of it? It is so easy to market and sell selfishness to people. To sell the idea that we should be self-indulgent and self-serving. It requires no self-examination, no humility, no work, and of course no change. And so here we are in a world growing increasingly callous. A world where the majority continue to justify all the horrors happening all around and do nothing because we feel it’s not *my* problem. This little chicken was a couple months old. He had a little baby comb and baby blue eyes and a little baby cheep. Much like human babies, chicks eyes start off blue. And yet this baby had spent the first few months of his life in a disgusting windowless shed with no sun and no grass. He was overfed so he would grow fatter faster. And then he was crammed into a truck to take him to a high speed assembly line to be hung upside down by his feet and have his throat slit. And often that doesn’t do the trick so they end up flailing and suffering until they are dropped into the scalding tank where they are boiled alive. And all this for a chicken sandwich. It’s unbearable. At least JJ had a moment of peace and care. Though we wish it was much longer. Rest in Peace, angel baby.