WASHINGTON (AP) — Two animal welfare groups and dozens of lawmakers are urging the Obama administration to improve humane treatment of poultry at slaughterhouses, citing statistics that show hundreds of thousands of chickens being accidentally dropped alive into scalding tanks every year.
The Animal Welfare Institute and Farm Sanctuary have petitioned the Department of Agriculture to strengthen humane treatment regulations by banning live birds from the scalding tanks.
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