Animal charity The Humane League UK (THL UK) will shut down KFC Driveslus nationwide this summer, hitting KFC in a “sting place” after the company abandoned its commitment to improving animal welfare.
restaurant I broke that promise To stop using the fast-growing chicken chicken by 2026 – KFC continues to ignore the company’s call to publish a new timeline to end the use of these animals suffering from DNA.
there was A few months A dialogue between activists and management Peaceful protest. The public has sent 16,000 emails to KFC, expressing their anger at the company’s backtracking Better chicken commitment (BCC).
I’m suffering
Claire Williams, campaign manager for THL UK. “KFC is on board. Six years ago, they said this summer they were going to stop using Frankenchikens, but they failed to act.
“These are birds that burn the body, with explosive growth that increases the proportion of muscle disease and blisters.
“As KFC has not taken any meaningful actions to end these chicken suffering, it will not shut down the drive-thru and crash into a painful place, exposing the shocking truth to KFC customers.
Cruel
KFC claims to give more space to birds raised in the UK by October 2025, which accounts for only about 50% of the supply. KFC announced a 1.5 billion pounds The expansion in the UK and Ireland will create another 500 restaurants.
The BCC is an animal welfare policy aimed at the worst forms of suffering in chicken agriculture, including replacing frankenchikens for healthier, cultivated birds.
Chickens are the most agricultural animals in the UK, 1.1 billion Every year, they are raised and killed for meat. A total of 90% are Frankenshikken, who is exposed to intensive factory farming conditions. The UK claims this is an unparalleled crisis of animal cruelty.
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Brendan Montague is the editor of Ecologist. This article is based on a press release from Human League UK.
