How can i help stop slaughter houses

Department of Agriculture USDA has jeopardized the welfare of animals, workers and consumers by allowing faster slaughter line speeds. The new, even faster slaughter speeds threaten the welfare of billions of farm animals like pigs, chickens, turkeys and cows, who are already vulnerable to inhumane handling and unnecessary suffering throughout their lives within the factory farming system.

Raising or entirely eliminating line speed limits—which is being done without increasing staff and while reducing inspectors—greatly accelerates production, placing even more pressure on workers to move animals quickly.

Faster line speeds make it more difficult for slaughterhouses to abide by humane handling laws and regulations, putting animals at greater risk of abuse.

To keep up, workers may be pressured to use excessive force, including electric prods and rough handling. Animals deserve better treatment in their most vulnerable moments. Over 9 billion chickens and turkeys are slaughtered annually in the United States. Chickens and turkeys raised on factory farms in the United States already suffer at every stage of their lives.

They live in dirty, cramped conditions; are deprived of fresh air, grass and sun, thus preventing them from engaging in natural behaviors; suffer from genetic abnormalities tied to their growth rates and are subjected to torturous transport and slaughter.

The USDA determined that chicken slaughter line speeds should remain capped at birds per minute. And it means an end to boiling half a million birds alive every year. It means an end to sending millions—potentially billions—of terrified chickens to have their throats slit while paralyzed but fully conscious and sensitive to pain. Every year. We know this suffering is preventable. And we know that a world free from animal abuse starts with a world with less animal abuse.

Ending the use of cages. Giving animals more space. Ending live-shackle slaughter. All of these wins change the factory farming system, slowly breaking down its walls and getting us closer to our goal—to end the abuse of animals for food. Right now—this year—billions of living beings will endure the atrocities of live-shackle slaughter, unless we put a stop to it. You have the power to end this abuse.

Please join us to urgently call on the chicken industry to end live-shackle slaughter. Over major food brands have adopted the Better Chicken Commitment. French version. Download Meat Abolition brochure.

Skip to main content. Why to shut down the slaughterhouses? Slaughterhouses shock people Most people are shocked by animal slaughter. Slaughterhouses murder animals Billions of animals are murdered each year in slaughterhouses, on farms, and in fishing operations. Slaughterhouses represent a major moral issue Moral condemnation of animal abuse is largely shared. We now act to obtain justice for non-human animals. Organize a march in your city If you want to participate and demand justice for animals, you can organize a march in your city.

Bellow you will find links to further pages demanding the abolition of meat.