Video Shows Abuse of Chickens at KFC Supplier

[GeronimoSkull]

NEW YORK - An investigator for an animal rights group captured video showing chickens being kicked, stomped and thrown against a wall by workers at a supplier for Kentucky Fried Chicken, which has been under pressure since last year over the treatment of animals.

Officials from Yum! Brands Inc., which owns the fast-food chain, saw the video Monday. Kentucky Fried Chicken "will require that the employee or employees responsible will be terminated," KFC spokeswoman Bonnie Warchauer told The New York Times for a story in Tuesday editions.

Further violations at the plant will "result in termination of our relationship," Warchauer said.

The footage was secretly taken at the Pilgrim's Pride plant in Moorefield, W.Va., by an investigator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals who worked there from October to May.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0720-05.htm

Chickens, like Iraqis cannot be tortured, only "abused".

See the video here: http://www.peta.org/feat/moorefield/

On July 20, 2004, PETA released the results of an undercover investigation into a KFC chicken slaughterhouse in Moorefield, W.Va., where workers were caught on video stomping birds, kicking them, and slamming them against floors and walls. Workers ripped the animals' beaks off, twisted their heads off, spat tobacco into their eyes and mouths, spray-painted their faces, and tied their legs together for "laughs."

The investigation was conducted at this location because it was the site of a KFC "Supplier of the Year" award ceremony, and PETA wanted to see the "best" that a KFC supplier had to offer. This slaughterhouse is run by Pilgrim's Pride, the second-largest chicken company in the U.S., after Tyson Foods.

[Wickerman]

1. Molesting chickens to the strains of Gun n Roses

wow, hard day at the office. What crap. Ever get a piece of fried chicken with a broken bone? Now, I guess, we can see how that happened. :puke:

[KamaAina]

2. You don't suppose that anyone at this plant is in the reserves

about to be called up for duty at whatever prison replaces Abu Ghraib, do you?

Cruelty, it appears, begins at home...

[necso]

3. I do not wish to defend the abuse of any animal,

but I think that the larger issue here may be working conditions and pay -- A certain amount of worker frustration in bad working and low paying conditions can be understood.

I think that these incidents amount to more than that and that a "macho" culture has taken over in a truly miserable job -- nothing unusual. However, in my experience, this is primarily the fault of the company, and a good indicator of just how crappy the company in question is... and maybe an indicator of just how crappy life has become for the average American.

[Coventina]

4. I respectfully disagree

I understand the point you are making, but I don't think that it explains this behavior.

I've worked at crappy jobs where I felt abused and mistreated. Somehow it never made me want to abuse any animals, or fellow co-workers for that matter.

The company is responsible for not monitoring their employees, or possibly creating a culture where abuse is ignored or even tacitly encouraged. However, the sadism is within the perpetrators. There is no getting around that.

[VolcanoJen]

5. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion within the original LBN thread on this topic, which can be found here:

KFC Supplier Accused of Animal Cruelty - by KleverKittie

Thanks!

VolcanoJen
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