Thousands of chickens have died from excessive heat in a Miami Airport warehouse, officials say

The chick was loaded into a metal baggage cart and sat in the sun in South Florida for a while. CNN Affiliate WPLG..

The temperature at the airport was 90 degrees at that time, which was the highest at that time, and it was like 98 degrees. CNN Meteorologist.. The temperature of asphalt can be 40-60 degrees higher than that of air.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Florida Department of Agricultural and Consumer Services was informed that “birds died as a result of excessive heat while waiting for shipment to the Bahamas,” spokesman Erin Moffett said. .. “The rest of the living chicks have arrived at their final destination,” Moffett said.

A Bahamian farm representative told WPLG about the first 5,200 chicks shipped, but only about 1,300 survived. Staff at Abaco Big Bird Family Farm said they were scared of what happened and had never seen anything like that in their 27-year business.

Employees of Yuren America, an airport subsidiary service company, are “in charge of loading and unloading cargo on aircraft,” but transportation and delivery are “performed by another company,” spokesman Marla Gomez said in a statement. Told CNN.

“We can understand and empathize with concerns about the situation,” Gomez said. The company quoted the survey and did not comment further.

“The case will be investigated by law enforcement officers,” the Florida Department of Agriculture said.

CNN has repeatedly tried to contact Delta, Alliance Ground and Avaco Big Bird Family Farm for comment, but no response.