A candlelit vigil will be held Friday night for a chicken who was the sole survivor of a slaughterhouse truck crash that killed thousands of other birds.
The cock – named June by rescuers who initially mistook it for a girl – died Thursday afternoon despite extensive medical treatment and a GoFundMe campaign, with a memorial in its honor set to take place from 6pm-9pm Friday.


He was rescued from the spill on a road near Summit Bridge, Del., Wednesday while en route to an abattoir.
From there, June was taken to a vet at the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital, who discovered that a broken chest bone was preventing June from breathing properly.
Despite their best efforts, the bird ended up succumbing to a blood infection after receiving $2,000 worth of treatment.


The underside of June’s body was so badly damaged in the accident that it was impossible to determine his gender, but a veterinarian said they believed the bird to be male.
Before his gender was established, Fain and friend Alex Gleason dubbed the cock June, after the main character in The Handmaid’s Tale who was captured by an evil regime as a brood mare, only to escape.
Source ... http://www.splint.com.ng/2018/06/wakekeepcandelit-vigil-planned-for.html