Work at Slaughterhouse Is Halted After Graphic Undercover Videos. Why Don't Farm Animals Get the Respect Pets Do? It’s time to take a look at the line between “pet” and “animal.”
When the ASPCA sends an agent to the home of a Brooklyn family to arrest one of its members for allegedly killing a hamster, something is wrong. That “something” is this: we protect “companion animals” like hamsters while largely ignoring what amounts to the torture of chickens and cows and pigs. The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome. KFC Supplier Accused of Animal Cruelty. By DONALD G.
McNEIL Jr.Published: July 20, 2004 An animal rights group involved in a long legal dispute with Kentucky Fried Chicken about the treatment of the 700 million chickens it buys each year is to release a videotape today showing slaughterhouse workers for one supplier jumping up and down on live chickens, drop-kicking them like footballs and slamming them into walls, apparently for fun. After officials of the KFC Corporation saw the videotape yesterday, they said they would seek dismissal of the workers, inspect the slaughterhouse more often and end their relationship if the cruelty was repeated.
Five Steps the Government Can Take to Combat Farm Animal Cruelty - Room for Debate. OneSearch: Can We Cut out the Meat of the Dish? Constructing Consumer-oriented Pathways Towards Meat Substitution. Farm Sanctuary.