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A chicken whose legs can no longer support their body’s weight sits collapsed on the floor of a massive shed used to raise chickens for the meat industry.
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World Animal Protection/We Animals
Breaking: Fast-growing ‘frankenchickens’ to be phased out under G.A.P. certification
At last, there is significant new progress on the welfare of chickens raised for meat. Global Animal Partnership (G.A.P.), a U.S.-based organization that develops standards for farmed animal welfare, has decided to phase in slower-growing breeds of chickens. Most of the chickens used for meat have been selectively bred to grow so rapidly that they commonly suffer from painful and debilitating leg disorders and lameness. They may struggle to walk or even hold themselves up.
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