On Thursday, the activist’s people of PETA carried out the protest against Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) at its new market outlet.
The protest was against cruelty to birds by their suppliers and KFC was asked to deal strictly with their supplier for such cruelty. After the undercover investigation of US slaughter house in West Virginia by PETA shows that birds are being cruelly treated by the workers. The birds served by KFC have a very tortured and painful life. Rahul Patil, the campaign coordinator of PETA said “It would be completely impractical if we ask people to become vegetarian. So we just want them not to have food from KFC unless they implement some basic animal welfare standard.”
Sumit Bhattacharya said that KFC should adhere to some sort of welfare standards like others. According to PETA report, KFC suppliers pack chickens in filthy and crowded warehouses. For the purpose of breeding, birds are drugged and millions are scaled to death in de-featuring tanks.
PETA has written number of letters to KFC executives regarding these issues, but none of these letters were answered by them. They simply refused to abide by norms and are trying to hide behind its animal welfare advisory council in US.
The protestor called for the adoption of animal care standards and also asking them to lay down transparency in welfare standards.
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