This should be illegal—but it’s not.

Chickens endure some of the worst abuses in our broken food system, and there are no laws in place to protect them. 

Remarkably, there are some federal laws that govern the handling of chickens in slaughterhouses—but they have nothing to do with animal welfare. It’s through reported violations of “food safety” laws that we have extensive eyewitness evidence of live birds being thrown, crushed, suffocated, and boiled alive.

That’s typical day-to-day abuse. This year, it’s even worse: the avian influenza outbreak has sparked even more horrors for chickens, with egg factories slaughtering millions of live hens by “ventilation shutdown plus” (VSD+): cutting off ventilation so birds cooked to death in the heat. 

The scale of this injustice is astonishing. 

Nine out of ten land animals killed for food are chickens. Every one of these animals feels fear and pain just like our beloved pets. None of them are legally protected from abuse.

Chickens don’t have the law on their side. But they have us. 

As a dedicated animal advocate, I know a future free of animal abuse matters to you. It matters to us, too. Together, we can expose the systemic abuse in the meat industry. We can hold those responsible for this cruelty accountable. And we can end live-shackle slaughter—the single greatest cause of suffering in slaughterhouses today.

In the last few days, people like you have sent thousands of messages to companies that have the power to change this. These animal abusing corporations think they can ignore our pleas and weather our campaign. But they underestimate us. Will you take this one-minute action today, to help sustain the pressure?

Demand Change for Chickens

Thank you for your dedication to creating a more compassionate world for chickens. 

Vicky Bond President

P.S. Together, animal advocates are rising up and effecting incredible change—from groups like the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Farm Sanctuary, whose lawsuit against the USDA led to the release of eyewitness proof of slaughterhouse cruelty, to changemakers like you, whose actions against corporate giants send a message they can't ignore: end the abuse of animals raised for food. This is what a movement looks like. Thank you for your dedication to creating a more compassionate world for chickens.