Mercy For Animals in partnership with Forward Latino and the League of United Latin American Citizens are calling on the public to go meat-free in solidarity with slaughterhouse workers and animals. Read the full pledge here.
As slaughterhouse workers have become COVID-19 hotspots, the coalition is calling on meat companies to adequately protect workers and to eliminate some of the worst animal cruelty in their operations. The asks include:
- Slowing down slaughter speeds to reduce animal and worker injuries.
- Banning live-shackle slaughter at poultry slaughterhouses, a particularly cruel slaughter method in which birds are roughly hung upside down by their legs and slaughtered—sometimes while fully conscious and able to feel pain
- Providing paid leave during quarantine for all workers who test positive and providing personal protective equipment to all workers
- Enforcing physical distancing, ensuring daily testing, and disclosing COVID-19 cases at slaughterhouses.
Click here to take the pledge.
