KFC Canada will be making sweeping changes to the ways it raises and kills chickens slaughtered for its restaurants.
 
  * Phase in purchases of 100 percent of its chickens from suppliers that use controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK)—the least cruel form of poultry slaughter ever developed. KFC Canada is the first major restaurant chain to commit to phasing in the exclusive purchasing of chicken meat from CAK slaughterhouses.

    * Make a vegan faux-chicken item available at the majority of KFC restaurants in Canada.

    * Improve its animal welfare criteria to reduce the number of broken bones and other injuries suffered by birds.

    * Urge its suppliers to adopt better practices, including improved lighting, lower stocking density and ammonia levels, and a phaseout of growth-promoting drugs and breeding practices that painfully cripple chickens.

    * Form an animal welfare advisory panel to monitor the changes and recommend further advancements.

However, outside Canada, KFC has yet to stop the worst abuses of chickens. We are now focusing on using this momentum to force KFC—both in the United States and around the world—to meet the new standards set by KFC Canada.