The Humane League — Broiler Welfare Campaigns
Verified[Broiler Chicken Welfare] Grant investigator: Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. The Humane League staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $750,000 to The Humane League to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone. According to this U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, 9,050,716,000 chickens were slaughtered in 2017. Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering. This follows our August 2018 general support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare. Sources Department of Agriculture 2018 Source (archive)
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|---|---|---|---|
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Other Grants to The Humane League
4| Grant | Recipient | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassroots campaigning and movement building | The Humane League | $10K | Oct 2017 |
| Campaigning groups for layer hens and broiler chickens | The Humane League | $30K | Apr 2017 |
| Campaigning groups for layer hens and broiler chickens | The Humane League | $30K | Apr 2017 |
| Grassroots campaigning and movement building | The Humane League | $10K | Oct 2017 |