Before you indulge in seasonal feast, think how the bird might have died

AS the Christmas season approaches, many Irish people will be getting ready to order their dead birds and cuts of dead flesh for the dinner table.

Millions of turkeys, chickens, cattle, pigs, deer, pheasant and ducks will be slaughtered as part of the traditional festivities.

Many birds in particular will be getting fattened for slaughter now as orders are placed in butcher shops.