More humane fast food.

• Author: Barbosa, David
• Position: Business - Brief Article

The animal welfare movement has won over some new allies: fastfood chains. McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, and Wendy's have all underwrittcn research and hired animal welfare specialists to help them devise new standards ensuring more-humane treatment of the animals destined for their kitchens. Experts say that the food industry is responding to growing health concerns and criticism of the nation's factory farms, which raise over 8 billion animals (mostly chickens) a year. With McDonald's leading the effort, cages may soon be eliminated front some factory farms, and animals that are now knocked unconcious by electric stun guns before being killed could instead be gently put...