The pandemic has revealed gruesome animal abuses at US factory farms | Andrew Gawthorpe

Gruesome おぞましい

Chickens have been gassed or smothered with a foam in which they slowly suffocate. 

Smother 窒息

Unsurprisingly, the Trump administration has moved to deregulate agribusiness even further, giving companies that abuse animals freer rein to prioritize profit over welfare. The administration dropped enforcement of animal welfare statutes and moved forward with proposals to reduce the role of government inspectors in overseeing conditions at slaughterhouses 

Deregulate 規制を解く

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/03/coronavirus-animal-abuse-us-factory-farms

Ricochet 跳弾 跳ね飛び

colossal blunder 大失態