“After years of designing fatter birds, food companies are finally realizing chickens shouldn’t grow so fast.”
Chicken Industry Progress
Animal Outlook Footage Prompts Cruelty Convictions
August 2017 update: In a groundbreaking series of cases prompted by Animal Outlook’s (then Compassion Over Killing) undercover footage from several Tyson Foods broiler breeder facilities in Virginia, nine former Tyson employees have been convicted on 22 counts of cruelty.. Read more.
Top Chicken Producer Introduces GAP-Certified Line
June 2017: #6 chicken producer in the US, Wayne Farms, launched its first line to be certified under Global Animal Partnership (GAP) welfare standards, NAKED TRUTH™. A growing list of top restaurants and brands, deemed the “Class of 2024,” have.. Read more.
Corporate Changes for Chickens
November 2016 and beyond: Consumers have turned to their favorite restaurants and brands, urging them to make meaningful changes for birds. These major companies are listening up and shaping the next wave of changes for broilers in the chicken industry... Read more.
Tyson, Others to End Cruel Practice of “Nose Boning”
On the heels of an Animal Outlook (then Compassion Over Killing) investigation of several Tyson Foods chicken breeding farms, which offered the first hidden-camera look at the cruel practice of “boning” – in which a dull plastic rod is stabbed.. Read more.
Industry Giant Announces Reforms
In 2016, Perdue, the fourth-largest chicken producer in the US, announced several improvements for its flocks, including beginning to provide natural lighting and reduce stocking densities. Perdue also planned to begin implementing controlled-atmosphere killing, a widely used slaughter method in.. Read more.
Setting New Standards
The Global Animal Partnership (GAP), together with Whole Foods, committed to breeding for slower growth, enrichments such as natural lighting and perches on farms, and increasing space for birds in its standards. National Geographic ran the headline, “The Next Step.. Read more.
