15 Celebrities Who Are Demanding McDonald’s Stop Torturing Chickens

Last year McDonald’s issued a public relations
statement outlining a vague eight-point plan designed to mislead consumers
about rampant animal cruelty in the company’s chicken supply chain.
Unfortunately, the statement fell far short of addressing the
most pressing animal cruelty concerns, like breeding birds to
grow so large they can barely support their own weight and cramming chickens
into dark sheds where the air is so thick with ammonia that simply breathing
can cause lung failure.

This is why we joined forces with five other
animal protection groups—Animal Equality, The Humane League, Compassion in
World Farming, World Animal Protection, and Compassion Over Killing—to demand
McDonald’s clearly and explicitly ban the worst abuses endured by birds in its
supply chain. Together we made this ask in an open letter in The New York Times last spring.

The coalition has also organized grassroots
outreach events, online and on the ground, to show McDonald’s that its
customers won’t stand for the abuse it allows its suppliers to inflict on
animals killed for McNuggets and chicken sandwiches.

In July, the coalition sponsored a massive digital advertisement in
New York City’s popular Times Square exposing the company’s cruelty.
The ad showing birds suffering at factory farms has appeared daily, multiple
times an hour from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m., with more than a million people passing by
it every day.

The torture McDonald’s permits its chicken
suppliers to get away with is unacceptable and out of step with both consumer
demand and business trends.

A recent survey found that 78 percent of
American respondents agreed that companies should adopt stronger welfare
standards. Additionally, more than 100 major food brands—including Burger King,
Jack in the Box, Sonic, and Subway—have already committed to implementing
specific animal welfare policies that will end the worst abuses in their supply
chains by 2024. But McDonald’s continues to drag its feet.

Many outspoken celebrity activists have joined
the countless supporters who are urging the fast-food giant to adopt a
meaningful chicken welfare policy. Here are 15 celebs who are demanding that
McDonald’s stop torturing chickens.

Disgusted by McDonald’s lack of compassion?
Join these caring celebrities by taking action at McDonaldsCruelty.com.

And remember, the only way to truly end the
needless suffering of chickens and other farmed animals is to stop eating them.
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