What is it that PETA wants the company to do to raise its ethical standards over their chicken suppliers? They have several key arguments with the reasons for them. First, they want suppliers to comply with "Animal Care Standards" in use throughout the country, which would ensure better living and growth conditions for the chickens. They want them to use another method of slaughter that would remove the ability to abuse the chickens and cause less suffering. They want chickens to be gathered mechanically, which reduces the threat of physical injury to the birds. They want suppliers to stop using drugs to grow chickens faster, and breed them for health rather than growth, which would lead to less physical problems. Finally, they ask for more "transparency" in the suppliers' operations, and audits by KFC and independent staff, with the results of those audits posted on the KFC Web site and...
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