Thank you for posting this important question—and for mentioning Legal Impact for Chickens.
We have done some work to attempt to improve broiler chicken welfare through the U.S. government’s executive branch, by submitting comments on proposed United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations. We asked USDA to address broiler welfare in its salmonella response, and to make chicken-meat companies warn growers about animal-welfare issues. And we asked the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to give birds more space in order to avoid deadly diseases.
Other orgs have sued the U.S. government executive branch to try to slow down slaughter line speeds. Faster slaughter line speeds are worse for chicken welfare.
None of the above-mentioned efforts were focused on fast-growth breeding, though. There’s definitely more that needs to be done.
Thank you for posting this important question—and for mentioning Legal Impact for Chickens.
We have done some work to attempt to improve broiler chicken welfare through the U.S. government’s executive branch, by submitting comments on proposed United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations. We asked USDA to address broiler welfare in its salmonella response, and to make chicken-meat companies warn growers about animal-welfare issues. And we asked the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to give birds more space in order to avoid deadly diseases.
Other orgs have sued the U.S. government executive branch to try to slow down slaughter line speeds. Faster slaughter line speeds are worse for chicken welfare.
None of the above-mentioned efforts were focused on fast-growth breeding, though. There’s definitely more that needs to be done.