Costco’s Low-Priced Meats Hide A Horrific System Of Abuse And Death
Costco is one of the largest membership-based grocers and retail stores in the U.S. and the world.
One of Costco’s biggest claims to fame is its low-price meats sold at its many large stores. That includes cheap hot dogs and whole rotisserie chicken meals sold for just $4.99 a piece, CNN reports.
Selling these items at such a low price means cutting costs and corners elsewhere. Costco is not operating at a loss, but generating profit, which comes with a price. In this case, that price is the mistreatment of animals.
Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chickens hide a system of abuse and death.
In 2021, Costco sold approximately 106 million rotisserie chickens in its stores. And many of these birds endured agonizing conditions during life.
Chickens raised inhumanely can suffer from mistreatment and disease.
Undercover footage by the organization Mercy for Animals reveals that Costco’s farmers purposefully pushed chickens to become so large, so fast, that it was impossible for the animals to stand on their own two legs, causing them to collapse.
Costco is one of the biggest membership-based retailers in the world.
The birds become so large they are eventually immobilized by their weight and size. Unable to move, they suffer on floors filled with feces, often developing the avian version of bed sores — excruciating and bloody open wounds on their bellies or backs, Agri African Magazine reports.
These animals see no natural light, feel no natural breeze, and may never breathe fresh air.
In 2021, Costco sold approximately 106 million rotisserie chickens in its stores.
A recent lawsuit against Costco claims that the process left the “disabled birds [to] slowly die from hunger, injury, and illness.”
According to CBS News, the lawsuit further alleges that Costco’s top executives “caused, [are] aware of, and consciously disregarded clear signs of Costco’s ongoing mistreatment of chickens.”
Help us take a stand for chickens!
There is clear evidence that Costco, as the lawsuit says, “illegally neglects and abandons its chickens.”
It’s time for the U.S. government to act. Help us tell the FDA to inspect all Costco chicken suppliers’ facilities for animal cruelty and mandate improvements now!
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