Chickens have more space in the oven than when they’re alive
Chickens are intelligent beings who can tell people they know from strangers. They are also sensitive and have different personalities. But factory farm systems are not treating chickens as living beings with feelings but as cogs in a machine – inflicting pain and suffering at every stage of their short lives.
Approximately 40 billion chickens are reared for meat each year in intensive farming systems, often with no natural light or fresh air, unable to peck or spread their wings. They are bred to grow unnaturally large and at a rate that is unhealthy and unnatural.
Due to their overgrown size and unnatural speed of growth, these chickens often suffer from painful lameness, overworked hearts and lungs, and wounds like skin sores and burns.
But there is a better way. With you by our side, these birds can have a life worth living – more time to grow, more space to move, more natural lighting and more opportunities to behave like a chicken.
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Call on KFC to give chickens better lives
Fast-food giant KFC is one of New Zealand’s most established restaurants with more than 100 stores.
Despite being famous for their chicken, KFC are lagging when it comes to chicken welfare. Chickens are suffering and it doesn’t have to be that way.
KFC New Zealand haven’t signed the Better Chicken Commitment. This means they continue to let chickens suffer in their supply chain. It’s time for that to change.
No animal deserves the life these chickens live. Together we can call on KFC to sign the Better Chicken Commitment and put a stop to the cruelty these creatures experience.