article_snippet: Brothers have pleaded guilty to starving more than one million chickens after some of the animals resulted to cannibalism due to insufficient food.
article_snippet: The brothers, who had been in the chicken farming business for 30 years, pleaded guilty to multiple animal cruelty charges at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
article_snippet: Gerry Apostolatos pleaded guilty to six charges each of cruelty and and aggravated cruelty.
article_snippet: his brother Chris pleaded guilty to three each of six charges each of cruelty.
article_snippet: The pair will be sentenced at a later date.
highlights_snippet: Gerry and Chris Apostolatos pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges .
  
highlights_snippet: Brothers pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday .