Chicago KFC Demonstration - Saturday, October 28, 2006

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Please join Mercy For Animals as we stand up for KFC's chickens in Chicago. KFC refuses to improve their abysmal standards for raising and killing birds, who suffer terrible injuries, painful debeaking and are often scalded alive. KFC is fully aware of the situation and chooses to ignore it. For more information on the KFC Campaign, visit www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com. To contact Mercy For Animals' Outreach Coordinator, email Omnia I. at [email protected] or call (312) 925-3845.

 

Where: KFC at W. Diversey and N. Halsted (748 W. Diversey Ave.)

When: Saturday, October 28, 2006 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

 

www.MercyForAnimals.org

[dann]

This Saturday, October 28th KFC’s chickens need your support. Join Mercy For Animals as we raise public awareness regarding KFC’s refusal to improve their standards for raising and killing birds, who suffer terrible injuries, painful debeaking and are often scalded alive. KFC is fully aware of the situation and chooses to ignore it.

 

Where: KFC at W. Diversey and N. Halsted (748 W. Diversey Ave.)

When: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

 

Why the flap over KFC? More than 700 million chickens are bred, raised, and killed under deplorable conditions for KFC each year. Among the improvements that animal welfare organizations want KFC to implement are: replacing crude and ineffective electric stunning and throat-slitting with gas killing; phasing out the forced rapid growth of chickens, which causes metabolic disorders and lameness; increasing the space allotted per bird (currently less than the area of a notebook-sized sheet of paper); adding minimal enhancements, such as sheltered areas and perches; and implementing automated chicken-catching, a process that reduces the high incidence of bruising, broken bones, and stress associated with catching the birds by hand.

 

The international animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals attempted to work with KFC and Yum! Brands executives for 21 months prior to the campaign launch, but despite assurances made long ago by Senior Vice President Jonathan Blum that KFC would “raise the bar” on animal welfare, the company refuses to eliminate the worst abuses. The campaign follows victories over McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s—all of which bowed to pressure to reduce cruel treatment of animals raised and slaughtered for food.

 

For more information, please visit KentuckyFriedCruelty.com. To contact Mercy For Animals' Outreach Coordinator, email Omnia I. at [email protected] or call (312) 925-3845.

 

Please join us this Saturday.