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Since 2003, animal rights and welfare organizations, led by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), have been protesting KFC’s treatment of the animals used for its products. These groups claim that the recommendations of the KFC Animal Welfare Advisory Council have been ignored.(1) Adele Douglass, a former member of the council, said in an SEC filing reported on by the Chicago Times, that KFC “never had any meetings. They never asked any advice, and then they touted to the press that they had this animal-welfare advisory committee. I felt like I was being used.”(2)(3)
KFC responded by saying the chickens used in its products are bought from suppliers like Perdue Farms, Tyson Foods, and Pilgrim’s Pride, and that these suppliers are routinely monitored for animal welfare violations.(4) Several PETA undercover investigations and videos of these and other KFC suppliers purport to show chickens being beaten, ripped apart, and thrown against walls contradict KFC’s claims.(5) PETA has criticised some of the practices of chicken breeders, such as beak trimming and overcrowding, but KFC says its suppliers meets UK legal requirements. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recommends a maximum stocking density of 34kg — around 30 chickens — per square metre, and say that in circumstances where beak trimming needs to be carried out to prevent the birds injuring each other, only one third of the beak should be trimmed “measured from the tip towards the entrance of the nostrils”.(6) There have been more than 12,000 demonstrations at KFC outlets since 2003 because of this alleged mistreatment of chickens by KFC suppliers.
In June 2008, KFC Canada agreed to PETA’s demands for better welfare standards, including favoring suppliers who use controlled-atmosphere killing of chickens, and other welfare standards as well as introducing a vegan sandwich at 65% of its outlets. PETA has called off its campaign against KFC Canada, but continues to demonstrate against KFC elsewhere in the world.(7)
1. Dr. Temple Grandin, Dr. Johan Raj, Dr. Ian Duncan (2005). Animal welfare recommendations and proposed plan of action for implementation at KFC suppliers People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
2. Securities and Exchange Commission (2006). Relating to an Animal Welfare Standards Report — Shareholder Proposal EDGAR Online, Inc.. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
3. David Montgomery (2003). Small But Mighty Rights Group Tries Gentler Approach Archived. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
4. CNN (2003). Pamela Anderson takes on KFC CNN. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
5. PETA (2005). Undercover Investigations PETA. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
6. Andrew Shanahan (2005-10-28). Anatomy of a dish:KFC Family Feast — eight pieces of chicken(known as the “finger lickin chicken”), four regular fries, gravy and corn cobettes, £9.99 the Guardian. Retrieved on 17 January 2008.
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