Tyson is the largest poultry producer in the U.S. and one of the most notorious animal-abusing companies in history. In response to overwhelming consumer demand to end needless torture of chickens, dozens of major food companies—including Subway, Burger King, Starbucks, Compass Group, Aramark, Sodexo, and Chipotle—have committed to improving their animal welfare standards to help prevent needless suffering. Tyson, however, continues to support horrific animal abuse by failing to adopt the same meaningful animal welfare standards. Tell Tyson it’s time to stop torturing chickens!
It’s time Tyson pledged to meet by 2024 the improved chicken welfare standards laid out by Global Animal Partnership and adopted by dozens of major restaurant chains, foodservice providers, distributors, and producers:
These are commonsense minimal changes that would greatly alleviate needless suffering for billions of birds every year.
Chickens raised for Tyson Foods are artificially bred to grow so unnaturally fast they often suffer debilitating leg pain and organ failure.
Workers are caught on camera routinely punching, beating, throwing, and tormenting animals for fun.
Violently shackled upside down by careless workers, many birds suffer broken bones and other injuries.
Improperly shackled chickens miss the “kill blade” and have their heads ripped off while still alive.
Multiple undercover investigations by Mercy For Animals into Tyson Foods—the largest poultry producer in the U.S.—have exposed horrific animal cruelty, including birds bred to grow so fast they collapse under their own weight; workers violently punching, beating, and stabbing animals; and birds having their heads ripped off while they are still alive and conscious.
Each time our investigators go behind the scenes at a randomly selected Tyson Foods chicken factory farm or slaughterhouse they emerge with horrific images of animal abuse.
Hidden cameras captured thousands of chickens suffering from untreated injuries, illnesses, and debilitating leg deformities at this Tyson contract farm.
A whistleblower filmed rampant animal abuse while working at this Tyson Foods slaughterhouse—perhaps the largest poultry slaughterhouse in the world.
At this contract farm for Tyson Foods—a major McDonald’s McNugget supplier—a brave investigator documented widespread animal abuse and suffering.
A whistleblower working at this Tyson Foods contract chicken factory farm documented heart-wrenching cruelty and neglect.
As shocking as it is, horrific animal cruelty and neglect is just business as usual at Tyson Foods. There are no federal laws to protect chickens during their lives at factory farms, and most states exclude chickens from anti-cruelty laws. This means Tyson Foods is able to get away with routinely torturing chickens in ways that disgust most people.
The best way for individual consumers to help end this cruelty is to leave animals off their plates.
After our many investigations exposing criminal animal abuse at Tyson, dozens of major food companies have announced comprehensive chicken welfare policies that will ban cruel practices. Tyson, however, has not publicly adopted these same standards and continues to torture billions of birds every year.
