For Immediate Release:
August 10, 2012
Contact:
Jason Baker +852-6200-7588 (Hong Kong); JasonB@PETAAsiaPacific.com
Ashley Fruno +852-6718-4282 (Hong Kong); AshleyF@PETAAsiaPacific.com
CAGED ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST KFC CRUELTY
Company Lags Behind Rivals, Refuses to Prevent Abuse of Chickens
Phnom Penh — Confined to a cage and holding signs that read, "Confined, Tortured, Scalded: Boycott KFC,"
members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia will
sit outside a KFC restaurant in the capital to protest against the
company's refusal to adopt basic animal welfare standards.
Date: Monday, August 13
Time: 12 noon sharp
Place: Outside KFC at Nº 93E0 Norodom Blvd., Chaktomuk quarter, Daun Penh district, Phnom Penh
Birds
who are raised and killed for KFC have their beaks cut off with a hot
blade—a cruel practice that makes eating extremely painful for the
animals. They are also drugged and bred to grow so large that they often
become crippled from supporting the weight of their own bodies. At
slaughterhouses, birds' legs are slammed into shackles—a procedure that
often results in broken legs and wings. Birds have their throats cut
while they are still conscious, and many are scalded to death in
defeathering tanks. Undercover investigations of KFC suppliers in
Germany, India, England, and Australia have exposed crippled chickens
living in filthy, crowded conditions.
KFC refuses to require even the most basic standards of care, including the following:
· Replacing electric stunning and throat-cutting with "controlled-atmosphere killing" (Experts agree that controlled-atmosphere killing causes much less suffering than KFC's current method.)
· Breeding chickens for health rather than forcing their rapid growth by feeding drugs to them
(KFC suppliers should breed leaner, healthier, less aggressive birds
instead of breeding the largest birds possible, and they should stop
feeding chickens antibiotics and other drugs for purposes that aren't
therapeutic.)
· Making simple changes in the way that birds are raised
(Such changes would include lowering ammonia concentrations in barns,
improving lighting conditions, and providing chickens with more living
space.)
"Chickens who are condemned to be served in KFC's buckets suffer a fate worse than death—they are tormented every
minute of their short lives, right up to and including the moment of
their inhumane slaughter," says PETA Asia Director Jason Baker. "We are
urging people who want to end this suffering simply to stop eating at
KFC."
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