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KFC suppliers cram birds into huge waste-filled factories, breed and drug them to grow so large that they can’t even walk, and often break their wings and legs. At slaughter, the birds’ throats are slit and they are dropped into tanks of scalding-hot water—often while they are still conscious. It would be illegal for KFC to abuse dogs, cats, pigs, or cows in these ways.
KFC’s own animal welfare advisors have asked the company to take steps to eliminate these abuses, but KFC refuses to do so. Many advisors have now resigned in frustration.
This abuse is suffered by 850 million chickens every year that are killed by KFC for its buckets. This does not include factory farmed chickens for other fast-food chains.
Joining PETA in its campaign against KFC are The Humane Society of the United States, United Poultry Concerns, Animal Rights International, Compassion Over Killing, Vegan Outreach, the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights, the Animal Welfare Trust, Farm Sanctuary, Animal Place, Sequoia Humane Society, Lake Shore Animal Shelter, Clayton County Humane Society, Marin Humane Society, and Assisi Animal Foundation, just to name a few.
This page is intended to help P!nk, in conjunction with the animal charity PETA, in raising awareness of the cruelty that lies behind the fast food company KFC.
Please visit the link below to see why such a campaign is so important:
After watching, please show your support by signing P!nk's petition:
To visit the facebook group for this page, click on the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7960792782
"Red Birds"
What are "Red Birds"?
On the slaughter line, birds are supposed to have their throats slit in order to kill thm and drain their blood. Then they are dunked into a tank of scalding-hot water to remove their feathers. Because the line moves so fast and machinery often breaks down, many birds - millions each year, according to the US Department of Agriculture - miss the blades intended for their throats and end up being scalded to death. Because their throats have not been cut, their blood is still circulating in their bodies. When they emerge from the scalding tank, their flesh has turned bright red.
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Sainsbury's Breakthrough
The supermarket giant has announced a move away from stocking poor welfare factory farmed chickens across its fresh and frozen meat bird range and will instead adopt Freedom Food standard or equivalent as the minimum.
This will dramatically improve the lives of 70 million chickens every year and is one of the most significant moves in farm animal welfare in the UK.
Read more and find out how challenge the other supermarkets to follow:
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/home/news-sainsburys-commitment-on-we lfare.shtml
Enriched Cages
Info regarding enriched cages:
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/publications/reports/Alternatives%20t o%20the%20Barren%20Battery%20Cage%20for%20the%20Housing%20of %20Laying%20Hens%20in%20the%20European%20Union.pdf
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/publications/Briefings%5CBR9718.pdf
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Duck Out Of Water
Viva!'s Duck Out Of Water campaign highlights the cruelty and secrecy enshrouding the expanding duck farming industry.
Intensive duck farming is almost identical to that of chicken farming however a lot less is known about it, and it receives a lot less media coverage.
To learn more about this campaign, visit the following link to download the PDF report.
You can also learn more about intensive duck farming by visiting Countryfile's website:
BBC - Ready Steady Cook
Letter sent to the BBC regarding the promotion of free range chicken:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I was watching Ready Steady Cook this afternoon (21.01.08) and in one of the recipes chicken was used as an ingredient, however it was not specified whether or not this chicken was free range.
I think it is important for the BBC to promote the purchase of free range poultry/eggs and to highlight the higher quality of meat that comes from a free range bird.
Yours faithfully,
Lucy Sawdon.
--To send a similar message to the BBC, you can find the feedback form here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/#comments_about_bbc.co.uk /food Jaimie Oliver - Fowl Dinners
Factory chicken farming is about to get a roasting. If Jamie Oliver gets his way, the cheapest chicken will go the way of the Turkey Twizzler after his school dinners campaign. In a new one-off programme on Channel 4, Jamie’s Fowl Dinners, the chef champions the cause of chickens.He will expose the reasons why the meat we eat more than any other costs so little and will show why we should all buy higher-welfare birds. “A chicken should never cost £3. I want the public to see the truth and I think they’ll make the right choices,”
For more information visit the following link:
Hugh's Chicken Run
http://www.chickenout.tv/celebrity-sign-ups.html
This January, you will never look at roast chicken in the same way again.
In three hard-hitting programmes, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores the horrors of intensive chicken farming. The journey takes him far from the cosy lifestyle of River Cottage and into the harrowing conditions of running his own modern poultry production line.
AdvertisementHugh plans to kickstart a chicken revolution in the UK. He wants to replace the cheap chickens sold by supermarkets at less than a price of a pint of beer for ethically reared free-range chicken. After the salmonella crisis of the 1980s, the UK willingly embraced free range eggs. Can the same now be done for the broiler chickens raised for their meat? The chicken revolution begins in the town of Axminster and its local Tescos, where the residents of the local Millway estate face the challenge of rearing free range birds while nearby Hugh's new factory churns out its horrors.
His plan is that for one week more than 50% of chicken bought and consumed in Axminster is free range. That includes curry houses and burger bars, ready made sandwiches and pub lunches. At the moment, less than 5% of the chicken sold in the UK is free range so it's a major undertaking.
But can the well-meaning plan of a celebrity chef survive the sceptical locals and the interests of the big supermarkets? How will ordinary people respond to lectures on animal welfare from the posh bloke off the telly? And what happens when the rumour goes around town that Hugh is only raising awareness to boost sales of chicken in his own shop?
The true and terrible cost of the cheap chicken on your plate is revealed in Hugh's Chicken Run. It launches the Big Food Fight, a season of programming that aims to raise awareness and encourage debate about food production, animal welfare and healthy eating.
(Information taken from http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/river-cottage/hughs-chick en-run/hugh-s-chicken-run-07-12-18_p_1.html)
Q. How many crème eggs does a battery hen help to lay each year?
A: About 300,000,000 according to Cadbury