Thousands of Chicks Arrive Dead to Maine Farmers Amid Postal Service Cutbacks

By Inside Edition Staff

Updated: 2:22 PM PDT, August 20, 2020

The U.S. Postal Service delays caused thousands of chicks to arrive dead at Maine farms.

Nearly 5,000 dead chicks have arrived at Maine farms because of a recent series of cuts to the U.S. Postal Service, according to congresswoman Chellie Pingree.

Pingree, a Democratic representative from Maine, raised the issue and the losses farmers are facing in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and U.S. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sonny Perdue, The Portland Press Herald reported.

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