Guest guest Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 What about the U.S.????? TORONTO — Following a five-year roasting by animal-rights activists,KFC Canada is promising improved welfare for the chickens it buys forits fast-food outlets in exchange for an end to a boycott campaignthat will continue in the U.S. and elsewhere.The Canadian Press has learned that People for the Ethical Treatmentof Animals has agreed to call off its Canadian "Kentucky FriedCruelty" campaign, which featured high-profile actress Pamela Andersonamong others, following a signed agreement with the company.Among other things, the deal obliges KFC Canada to begin buying fromsuppliers who use gas to kill their chickens painlessly, considered tobe the least cruel method of slaughter.The company is also promising to insist on other "animal-welfarefriendly" measures relating to how the birds are kept, including amaximum on crowding and phasing out non-essential growth-hormones andother drugs.Customers of the popular restaurant chain will also be able to order avegan "chicken" item, according to the deal that followed almost sevenmonths of at-times "sticky" closed-door negotiations.-- full story:http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6dNMYmKuBdXJ8BslzPVbuEqpjLA http://pets.Fortheanimals7/join http://www.myspace.com/fortheanimals7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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