SF: Lawsuit Filed Today Over Poultry Slaughtering

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Animal protection organizations assert that inhumane slaughter places

public at increased risk of food-borne illnesses

 

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS),

East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA), and five poultry consumers filed suit

challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) policy of

excluding chickens, turkeys, and other birds killed for human

consumption from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958. The

animal protection organizations, representing more than nine million

members and constituents, assert that current poultry slaughter methods

are cruel and place the public at risk of food-borne illnesses.

 

Read more on The HSUS website:

http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/farm_animals_news/still_a_jungle_out_there.html

 

Read more in The Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/20/AR2005112001240.\

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