SF: Lawsuit Filed By Bay Area Group and HSUS Today Over Poultry Slaughtering

SAN FRANCISCO—Today, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Bay Area group East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA), and five poultry consumers filed suit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) policy of excluding chickens, turkeys, and other birds killed for human consumption from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958. The animal protection organizations, representing more than nine million members and constituents, assert that current poultry slaughter methods are cruel and place the public at risk of food-borne illnesses.

Read more on The HSUS website:
http://www.hsus.org/farm_animals/farm_animals_news/still_a_jungle_out_there.html

Read more in The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/20/AR2005112001240.html

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