Require Humane Slaughter for Poultry
The
Humane Society of the United States is leading a campaign to include birds under
the Humane Slaughter Act. Please
sign their petition.
The Humane Methods of Slaughter
Act regulates the killing of animals for food. However, birds are excluded from
the Act. As a result, chickens, turkeys, and other poultry suffer prolonged deaths
after their throat is cut which still conscious, and are often scalded to death
when dropped into tanks of scalding water for feather removal. There is not justification
for requiring humane slaughter for cows and pigs but not for birds.
The
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act permits slaughtering of animals according to Jewish
law.
