The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving to allow slaughterhouses nationwide to operate at dangerously high speeds, putting animals at greater risk of rough handling and terrible abuse.
The USDA’s proposal would:
- Remove line speed limits for pig slaughterhouses.
- Increase line speed limits for chicken and turkey slaughterhouses, which are already operating at extreme speeds.
Allowing this would expose pigs, chickens and turkeys to even greater cruelty and heighten the risks of contaminated food and worker injury, all to boost industry profits. We need your help to stop this.
Every year, more than 120 million pigs and over 1 billion chickens and turkeys are slaughtered in the U.S., and these reckless proposals would heighten the terror and pain vulnerable animals endure in their final minutes of life.
Federal law requires certain animals to be stunned — made unconscious to reduce suffering — before they are prepped for slaughter. But when stunning animals is rushed by faster slaughter lines, animals may remain conscious or regain consciousness during the process. Additionally, allowing faster slaughter means companies can put even more pressure on workers to use tools like electric prods to move animals quickly.
Investigations into slaughterhouses have repeatedly documented abuse and the cruel use of force against pigs, driven in part by the frantic pace of production, as well as birds being dismembered or drowned while conscious.
Add your name to our petitions to make your voice heard.
I urge the USDA to reconsider and withdraw its proposed rule to eliminate limits on pig slaughter line speeds. Removing these limits and allowing slaughterhouse operators to set their own speeds poses serious risks to animal welfare, worker safety, public health and the environment. Extremely rapid slaughter rates increase the likelihood of rough handling and excessive force, including the use of electric prods to move slow or non-ambulatory pigs.
Polling shows that 94% of Americans believe animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, and 82% believe the government should mandate slower slaughter speeds to protect animals, workers and public health. This proposed rule does not adequately address the animal welfare, worker safety or food-safety risks of eliminating line speed limits and is at odds with Americans’ concern for the wellbeing of animals and people. The USDA should focus on improving oversight in our nation’s slaughterhouses, not giving industrial agribusiness more ways to cut costs and corners. Again, I urge the USDA to withdraw this dangerous proposal.
I urge the USDA to reconsider and withdraw its proposed rule to increase the limits on chicken and turkey slaughter line speeds. These increases pose serious threats to animal welfare, worker safety, public health and the environment. Extremely rapid slaughter rates heighten the risk of rough handling and botched stunning. When animals aren’t stunned properly, they can be dismembered or drowned in scalding water while still conscious. These incidents cause extreme suffering and are all but guaranteed to occur more frequency when line speeds increase.
Polling shows that 94% of Americans believe animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, and 82% believe the government should mandate slower slaughter speeds to protect animals, workers and public health. This proposed rule does not adequately address the animal welfare, worker safety or food safety risks of increasing line speeds and is at odds with Americans’ concern for the wellbeing of animals and people. The USDA should focus on improving oversight in our nation’s slaughterhouses, not giving industrial agribusiness more ways to cut costs and corners. Again, I urge the USDA to withdraw this dangerous proposal.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving to allow slaughterhouses nationwide to operate at dangerously high speeds, putting animals at greater risk of rough handling and terrible abuse.
The USDA’s proposal would:
- Remove line speed limits for pig slaughterhouses.
- Increase line speed limits for chicken and turkey slaughterhouses, which are already operating at extreme speeds.
Allowing this would expose pigs, chickens and turkeys to even greater cruelty and heighten the risks of contaminated food and worker injury, all to boost industry profits. We need your help to stop this.
Every year, more than 120 million pigs and over 1 billion chickens and turkeys are slaughtered in the U.S., and these reckless proposals would heighten the terror and pain vulnerable animals endure in their final minutes of life.
Federal law requires certain animals to be stunned — made unconscious to reduce suffering — before they are prepped for slaughter. But when stunning animals is rushed by faster slaughter lines, animals may remain conscious or regain consciousness during the process. Additionally, allowing faster slaughter means companies can put even more pressure on workers to use tools like electric prods to move animals quickly.
Investigations into slaughterhouses have repeatedly documented abuse and the cruel use of force against pigs, driven in part by the frantic pace of production, as well as birds being dismembered or drowned while conscious.
Add your name to our petitions to make your voice heard.
I urge the USDA to reconsider and withdraw its proposed rule to eliminate limits on pig slaughter line speeds. Removing these limits and allowing slaughterhouse operators to set their own speeds poses serious risks to animal welfare, worker safety, public health and the environment. Extremely rapid slaughter rates increase the likelihood of rough handling and excessive force, including the use of electric prods to move slow or non-ambulatory pigs.
Polling shows that 94% of Americans believe animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, and 82% believe the government should mandate slower slaughter speeds to protect animals, workers and public health. This proposed rule does not adequately address the animal welfare, worker safety or food-safety risks of eliminating line speed limits and is at odds with Americans’ concern for the wellbeing of animals and people. The USDA should focus on improving oversight in our nation’s slaughterhouses, not giving industrial agribusiness more ways to cut costs and corners. Again, I urge the USDA to withdraw this dangerous proposal.
I urge the USDA to reconsider and withdraw its proposed rule to increase the limits on chicken and turkey slaughter line speeds. These increases pose serious threats to animal welfare, worker safety, public health and the environment. Extremely rapid slaughter rates heighten the risk of rough handling and botched stunning. When animals aren’t stunned properly, they can be dismembered or drowned in scalding water while still conscious. These incidents cause extreme suffering and are all but guaranteed to occur more frequency when line speeds increase.
Polling shows that 94% of Americans believe animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, and 82% believe the government should mandate slower slaughter speeds to protect animals, workers and public health. This proposed rule does not adequately address the animal welfare, worker safety or food safety risks of increasing line speeds and is at odds with Americans’ concern for the wellbeing of animals and people. The USDA should focus on improving oversight in our nation’s slaughterhouses, not giving industrial agribusiness more ways to cut costs and corners. Again, I urge the USDA to withdraw this dangerous proposal.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving to allow slaughterhouses nationwide to operate at dangerously high speeds, putting animals at greater risk of rough handling and terrible abuse.
The USDA’s proposal would:
- Remove line speed limits for pig slaughterhouses.
- Increase line speed limits for chicken and turkey slaughterhouses, which are already operating at extreme speeds.
Allowing this would expose pigs, chickens and turkeys to even greater cruelty and heighten the risks of contaminated food and worker injury, all to boost industry profits. We need your help to stop this.
Every year, more than 120 million pigs and over 1 billion chickens and turkeys are slaughtered in the U.S., and these reckless proposals would heighten the terror and pain vulnerable animals endure in their final minutes of life.
Federal law requires certain animals to be stunned — made unconscious to reduce suffering — before they are prepped for slaughter. But when stunning animals is rushed by faster slaughter lines, animals may remain conscious or regain consciousness during the process. Additionally, allowing faster slaughter means companies can put even more pressure on workers to use tools like electric prods to move animals quickly.
Investigations into slaughterhouses have repeatedly documented abuse and the cruel use of force against pigs, driven in part by the frantic pace of production, as well as birds being dismembered or drowned while conscious.
Add your name to our petitions to make your voice heard.
I urge the USDA to reconsider and withdraw its proposed rule to eliminate limits on pig slaughter line speeds. Removing these limits and allowing slaughterhouse operators to set their own speeds poses serious risks to animal welfare, worker safety, public health and the environment. Extremely rapid slaughter rates increase the likelihood of rough handling and excessive force, including the use of electric prods to move slow or non-ambulatory pigs.
Polling shows that 94% of Americans believe animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, and 82% believe the government should mandate slower slaughter speeds to protect animals, workers and public health. This proposed rule does not adequately address the animal welfare, worker safety or food-safety risks of eliminating line speed limits and is at odds with Americans’ concern for the wellbeing of animals and people. The USDA should focus on improving oversight in our nation’s slaughterhouses, not giving industrial agribusiness more ways to cut costs and corners. Again, I urge the USDA to withdraw this dangerous proposal.
I urge the USDA to reconsider and withdraw its proposed rule to increase the limits on chicken and turkey slaughter line speeds. These increases pose serious threats to animal welfare, worker safety, public health and the environment. Extremely rapid slaughter rates heighten the risk of rough handling and botched stunning. When animals aren’t stunned properly, they can be dismembered or drowned in scalding water while still conscious. These incidents cause extreme suffering and are all but guaranteed to occur more frequency when line speeds increase.
Polling shows that 94% of Americans believe animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty, and 82% believe the government should mandate slower slaughter speeds to protect animals, workers and public health. This proposed rule does not adequately address the animal welfare, worker safety or food safety risks of increasing line speeds and is at odds with Americans’ concern for the wellbeing of animals and people. The USDA should focus on improving oversight in our nation’s slaughterhouses, not giving industrial agribusiness more ways to cut costs and corners. Again, I urge the USDA to withdraw this dangerous proposal.
