Speak Out Against Slaughterhouse Cruelty!

Chickens, turkeys, ducks, and other birds classified as poultry represent 9.6 billion of the approximately 9.8 billion animals slaughtered annually in the United States. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has excluded these animals from the protections of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and fails to promote humane handling regulations under the Poultry Products Inspection Act.

Without these protections, birds classified as poultry are subjected to abuses that would warrant significant consequences under federal law if the victims were cows or pigs. The USDA’s own records indicate that nearly half a million chickens are boiled alive every year at slaughterhouses when their necks miss the blade and they are dropped into the scalding tank, fully conscious.

Please add your voice to ours in speaking out against the hideous abuses of these poor birds. Send a message and tell the USDA to improve regulations on their behalf.

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