PETA's investigators witnessed despicable acts of cruelty to animals that would horrify any kind person. Live birds were slammed against transport trucks and walls, punched and kicked, hung by broken legs, and used as punching bags—all either for "fun" or out of frustration. One worker ripped a turkey's leg off her body when trying to pull her out of her coop, and another crushed a bird's skull with his shoe until her head exploded. Another worker swung a bird against a handrail so hard that her spine popped out. One turkey was even sexually assaulted by a worker for "fun."

Even though birds constitute more than 98 percent of the land animals eaten in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture refuses to protect birds in its enforcement of the only federal law designed to protect animals at slaughter, the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA).

To view video footage of the investigation or to learn more about it, please visit GoVeg.com. 

You can help protect birds by filling out this form, which will automatically send a letter to your member of Congress asking him or her to ensure that birds are covered under the Humane Slaughter Act (HMSA).