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Frankenchickens: Major Fast-Food Brands Scrap Animal Welfare Pledge, Including Nando’s And KFC

Eight restaurant groups that own 18 major brands have withdrawn from the Better Chicken Commitment

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Photo shows a box of KFC chicken in front of KFC branded packaging. Several major fast-food brands have scrapped a key animal welfare pledge to move away from “frankenchickens,” including Nando’s and KFC.

Frankenchickens: Major Fast-Food Brands Scrap Animal Welfare Pledge, Including Nando’s And KFC

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Photo shows vegan bodybuilder and former gymnast Joe DeMarco, who has set a new Guinness World Record at the age of 61 by performing 602 “toes to bar” movements in one hour

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Photo shows three pigs behind metal bars on a factory farm. A new report has found that the EU gives up to 77 percent of its annual CAP farming subsidies, worth roughly €39 billion, to high-emitting animal agriculture

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Photo shows a box of KFC chicken in front of KFC branded packaging. Several major fast-food brands have scrapped a key animal welfare pledge to move away from “frankenchickens,” including Nando’s and KFC.

Frankenchickens: Major Fast-Food Brands Scrap Animal Welfare Pledge, Including Nando’s And KFC

Eight restaurant groups that own 18 major brands have withdrawn from the Better Chicken Commitment Animals
Photo shows three pigs behind metal bars on a factory farm. A new report has found that the EU gives up to 77 percent of its annual CAP farming subsidies, worth roughly €39 billion, to high-emitting animal agriculture

Animal Agriculture Gets ‘Scandalous’ 77% Of EU CAP Subsidies Worth €39 Billion Per Year

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Photo shows a live crab on a rock, similar to the kind that are fished and imported for food in the UK. The British government’s new animal welfare strategy says that the live boiling of crabs and other decapods is “not an acceptable killing method," but will there really be a ban?

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Photo shows someone's hands holding up a large beef burger with cheese. Innocent Meat has raised €6 million in its most recent fundraising round to help develop and scale its cultivated meat system, which it says is much more resource-efficient than traditional meat

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Photo shows a box of KFC chicken in front of KFC branded packaging. Several major fast-food brands have scrapped a key animal welfare pledge to move away from “frankenchickens,” including Nando’s and KFC.

Frankenchickens: Major Fast-Food Brands Scrap Animal Welfare Pledge, Including Nando’s And KFC

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