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Chickens are excluded from the U.S. Animal Welfare Act and from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
14 May 2008
The 2002 farm bill amended the definition of “animal” in the Animal Welfare Act to specifically exclude birds, rats, and mice, bred for use in research. Current AWA regulations also exclude horses not used for research, animals farmed for food, fur, or fiber, and other farm animals
...there is no specific Federal humane handling and slaughter statute for poultry...-USDA
- USDA Farm Bill Forum Comment Summary & Background (Doc.)
- http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm
- Poultry Slaughter: the need for legislation (PDF)
- Wishful Thinking vs. Reality
- Karen Davis, PhD, founder and president of United Poultry Concerns
- Male chicks, of no economic alue to the egg industry, are typically gassed or ground up alive.
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