McDonald’s claims about its chicken are about as truthful as its old commercials implying that hamburgers grow in a hamburger patch (“Chicken protest at Tracy’s McDonald’s,” July 19).
The company allows its U.S. chicken suppliers to use a slaughtering method that often forces birds to endure broken bones and other abuses. The terrified birds are shackled and hung upside-down, they have their throats cut while they’re still conscious, and they are often scalded alive in tanks of boiling water used for feather removal.
McDonald’s can lessen animal suffering by requiring its suppliers to use a less cruel slaughter method called “controlled-atmosphere killing,” which painlessly puts chickens to sleep by removing the oxygen from their environment and replacing it with an inert gas.
In 2005, McDonald’s produced a report stating that CAK offers significant animal welfare benefits over the conventional slaughter method, but the company has not required any of its U.S. suppliers to switch to the method. Until it does, the Golden Arches are nothing but a glaring symbol of cruelty. For more details, see www.mccruelty.com.
• Heather Moore is a research specialist for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Norfolk, Va.
Ornley's right. People gotta eat. Going for some KFC.
BakBaaaaak later ;)
Safe Mart - Roasted chicken. Broken wing bone.
CostCo - Roasted chicken. Broken Leg bone.
Kentucky Fried - Broken leg bone.
All on more than one occasion.
Wonder about th rest of the food service industry that sells chicken. Suppose all of em do the same? Have to wonder why all th focus of attention on McDonalds.
Then too, I often wonder about PITA itself and it's known unethical treatment of animals. But we don't want ta look at that now do we?
Hey, don't the kings clothes look good taday?