Boycott KFC!!
Why Boycott KFC??
KFC kills 850 MILLION chickens a year
KFC cuts off the beaks of chickens without any anesthesia or the slightest painkiller.
KFC gives its chickens drugs and steroids that cause the chickens to grow so large so quickly that their legs actually break underneath the weight of their body.
Chickens are also kept in outrageously tight cages were they barely have any room to breath.
Chickens are also grabbed by the legs four or five at a time and are slammed into the ground or walls or anything by farmers.
KFC counters
KFC never comes right out and denys any of PETAs alligations against it. a little shady huh??
KFC actually CANT deny that it gives their chickens drugs or that it SCALDS THEIR CHICKENS ALIVE!!
KFCs own animal advisors even admited that it needs to change. THERE OWN ADVISORS!!!
MORE FACTS!!
KFC’s chickens each have less space than a standard-sized sheet of paper.
Chickens are stuffed by the tens of thousands into overcrowded sheds, where they have no space to stretch their wings or move about freely. Owing to the lack of space in the shed, chickens stamp and climb on each other to get from one place to another. Chickens can be seen struggling and pushing other chickens aside to get to their food. The air in these sheds is heavy with ammonia fumes, making it difficult to breathe.
KFC’s chickens suffer from crippling leg deformities for their entire lives.
Birds are fed genetically modified feed in order to accelerate their growth rate, making them top-heavy. Ailments such as extreme obesity and fatty livers and kidneys, heart attacks, septicaemia and deformities caused by arthritis are a common sight. This abnormal weight gain, along with other ailments, causes stress to young bones, making the chickens’ legs crumple beneath them to the extent that they cannot even get to their feed. These crippling leg deformities then lead to diseases like arthritis and osteoporosis.
KFC’s chickens suffer from fatal heart attacks resulting from poor breeding.
Because of unsanitary living conditions along with increased growth rate, chickens die an early death. These chickens fall prey to ailments like heart attacks, fatty livers and kidneys, arthritis. According to the UK-based Animal Aid Organisation, ‘Many broiler chickens also die from ascites: Their growth rate is so rapid that their heart, lungs and circulatory system struggle to maintain sufficient oxygen levels. This results in breathlessness and distended abdomens’. In chickens, this disease is believed to be caused by the fact that the birds’ heart and lung capacity cannot keep up with their rapid growth rate.
KFC’s chickens are slaughtered before they are 6 weeks old.
When living in their natural surroundings, chickens live up to 10 years. However, at KFC factory farms, they are fed a steady dose of growth promoters, and they are slaughtered at 35 to 45 days. The reason behind this accelerated growth is a high-protein diet and a steady diet of growth promoters.
KFC’s chickens receive little to no veterinary care.
Owing to human negligence, the chickens have to suffer throughout their lives. Unhygienic conditions, growth-promoting feed and improper care on the part of the handlers lead to the rapid spread of dangerous diseases among chickens. The consequences of such diseases are usually fatal.
KFC’s chickens suffer at the hands of callous workers.
These birds routinely suffer broken bones from callous handling. The workers roughly grab them by their legs and stuff them into crates. It seems to be a common occurrence for workers at KFC supply farms to walk through an overcrowded shed bursting at the seams with chickens and nonchalantly stamp on a few who dare get in the way. A worker carelessly lights lamps and lets flames fall on the terrified birds. The air inside these filthy barns reeks of ammonia fumes, making it difficult for the birds even to breathe. These birds lie unattended at the farms, writhing in pain because of the carelessness of workers.
KFC’s chickens suffer during transport.
All chickens are subjected to the ordeal of catching, transportation and slaughter. The birds are typically grabbed by the feet and thrust into crates before being loaded onto lorries or are caught, three chickens in one hand and two in the other, and slammed into the lorry. Many suffer additional injuries at this time, and hundreds of chickens can die from a panic-induced crush each time the catching gang enters the shed.
Others die during the journey to the killing plants, often from heart attacks. Injuries and wounds account for the other fatalities. The most common injury is dislocation of the femur (the bone between the hip and the knee). This is almost certainly the result of rough handling by catching teams. Soft young bones break, and joints (often already painfully deformed) become dislocated when birds are caught.
According to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, it is an offence to do the following:
• convey or carry, whether in or upon any vehicle or not, any animal in such a manner or position as to subject him or her to unnecessary pain or suffering
• keep or confine any animal in any cage or other receptacle which does not measure sufficiently in height, length and breadth to permit the animal a reasonable opportunity for movement
• fail to provide [ones] animal with sufficient food, drink or shelter
The Transport of Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2001
Chapter VII: TRANSPORT OF POULTRY BY RAIL, ROAD AND AIR
77. General requirement - In transport of poultry by rail, road or air -
(b) poultry shall not be exposed to the sunlight, rain and direct blast of air during transport.
78. Day-old chicks and turkey poults - In transport of day-old chicks and poultry by rail, road and air
(d) personal attention shall be given by the consignor or the forwarding agent to ensure that all consignments are kept out of direct sunlight, rain and heat;
79. Poultry other than day-old chicks and turkey poults
- In transport of poultry other than day old chicks and turkey poult by rail, road or air
(a) The poultry to be transported shall be healthy and in good condition and shall be examined and certified by a veterinary doctor for freedom from infectious diseases and fitness to undertake the journey.
(c) Poultry shall be properly fed and watered before it is placed in containers for transportation and extra feed and water shall be provided in suitable troughs fixed in the containers.
80. Road Travel - In transport of poultry by road the container shall not be placed one on the top of the other and shall be covered properly in order to provide light, ventilation and to protect from rain, heat and cold air.
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Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty was set up in 1999 with the sole aim of closing HLS down. SHAC campaigns for the closure of HLS(Huntingdon Life Sciences) using evidence obtained in five undercover investigations at their different laboratories in the UK and USA.
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) are the largest contract testing lab in Europe. They kill 500 animals a day in tests for products such as weedkiller, food colourings and drugs. Huntingdon Life Sciences have been exposed at least 5 times for disgusting animal cruelty and rule breaking.
Some facts about HLS:
Blood is not referred to as blood when testing these defenseless animals, it is referred to as "red staining"
The killing of an animal at the end of an experiment is described as a "sacrafice" (Such little remorse)
"Effects included lethargy, hair standing on end, swollen necks and abdomens. Those given high doses had orange fur and tails, with brick red faeces and urine" -- Some of the substances used to test on animals were so harmful, staff had to wear oxygen suits when cleaning cages. When such substances were banned, HLS was found still using them months later.
Behind the doors of the Dog Toxicology unit dogs are poisoned with pesticides, dental hygiene products, drugs and food wrapping film. In one test, the dog's back was shaven and a cream was applied, which resulted in open sores and blisters, and the dogs were given large head collars to keep them from pulling at their bodies in pain.
Staff are told not to spend time with the Beagales because it looses time. Staff could also not touch the animals because "it was a waste of time" and they may become spoiled. (All dogs want is attention and love & these people are very ignorant)
"While cleaning out the cages, I regularly found blood, vomit and diarrhoea on the floor. Many dogs were very ill. They were extremely thin with their fur standing on end. They were visibly shaking and often so scared they were unable to leave their cages." (Huntingdon Life Sciences 1989 Exposed)
These are a few brief details of the procedure of experiments inside HLS. Although the pictures may tell you more.
