PETA's undercover investigators have documented sickening cruelty to chickens in Tyson slaughterhouses in Union City, Tenn., and Cumming, Ga. We have videotaped workers while they beat live chickens against walls and rails until the birds' backs broke. The workers ripped animals' heads off their bodies, stabbed live chickens in their necks, and urinated on the conveyor belt that moves the birds to the blade that cuts their throats. Tyson Foods is the largest meat processor on the planet—and it is among the corporate world's worst abusers of animals. Now, armed with the evidence of the cruelty we've uncovered, PETA is pushing Tyson to the negotiating table. No chicken should suffer this abusive treatment.
We urgently need your support to win strong new protections for chickens on factory farms. PETA's efforts have already accomplished much: Tyson has fired workers we caught on tape abusing animals and has disciplined others.State and federal authorities are investigating Tyson slaughterhouses, and we hope they will pursue cruelty-to-animals charges.
