00:02Kerry Bryant's Adelaide Hills Animal Refuge has always been a place for all creatures great and
00:07small but right now her farm of second chances has a problem too many unwanted roosters nobody
00:16is taking responsibility for breeding these birds they breed them and then they just turf
00:21them out the shelter has been inundated with the birds often dumped in nearby bushland after the
00:27initial anger it's it's just so it's heartbreaking and with her farmstead already full she can no
00:34longer take the abandoned cocks the situation made worse as bird flu spreads among wildlife
00:39and threatens poultry farming but Kerry Bryant believes school breeding programs could also
00:44be a source of the unwanted roosters it says please let us know if you can take our rooster
00:48we got him from the school hatching program he's very much loved by the kids but we've had council
00:53complaints and we just don't want him to become someone's dinner chicken hatching is often used
00:58in schools to educate students about biology and responsibility the rspca says it's against the use
01:04of egg hatching programs in schools and does not support keeping live animals in the classroom
01:08in a statement the sa education department says it takes animal well-being at any school or preschool
01:13seriously and works to ensure programs are run ethically and to acceptable standards in the
01:19meantime Kerry Bryant says every animal cute or cuddly big or small deserves a safe place to call home
