Add Birds to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.

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To protect birds with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.

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Chickens, turkeys, and other birds are not protected under the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. The Humane Methods of Slaughter Act was designed to ensure a quicker, more painless death for livestock, but it is only limited to cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines.

Unknown to most, billions of chickens, turkeys, and other birds are being killed in an appalling manner.
These animals are forced to live in a horrendous environment for their entire lifetimes, and then are put to death in the worst way possible for them.
They are shoved into miniscule crates, so overcrowded that they attack each other in irritation and confusion. They are forced to ingest drugs that cause them to grow so rapidly that their bodies cannot keep up, and they collapse from a variety of ailments. They are forced to live without food, water, and adequate shelter. Then, they are tormented and are not properly killed, still conscious and boiled alive. Some of the birds are abused in a far worse way.

An end needs to be made for the awful torture these animals endure.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/i-am-not-a-nugget

http://www.chickenindustry.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humane_Slaughter_Act

http://network.bestfriends.org/animallawcoalition/news/9856.html

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We signed the "Add Birds to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act." petition!

# 452:

1:30 am PST, Feb 28, SIGROS LORINE, France

# 451:

11:02 am PST, Feb 27, Ivana Soldic, Serbia And Montenegro

# 450:

2:59 am PST, Feb 20, Genevi�ve Pieroni, France

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12:01 pm PST, Feb 19, Julia Tawyea, Pennsylvania

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4:43 pm PST, Feb 15, Laura Zanoli, Italy
what a shame...poor animals! stop it!!!

# 447:

5:29 am PST, Feb 12, Arnaud Hussard, France

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5:30 pm PST, Feb 9, Christine Taylor, Florida

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12:13 pm PST, Feb 9, Ishara Murray, Canada

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10:17 am PST, Feb 8, Sophie Wozniak, Minnesota

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9:46 am PST, Feb 6, Joy Ephraim, Canada

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9:38 am PST, Feb 4, Jennifer Adams, Oklahoma

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4:17 pm PST, Feb 1, Connie Faisandier, New Zealand
It is sad to see that even with a "Humane Slaughter Act" in place, billions of livestock are still being slaughtered in absolutely atrocious conditions. If birds are added to the Act I am not sure if it would matter or not. Good Luck anyway :)

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1:31 pm PST, Feb 1, Enzo Mulas, Italy

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11:39 am PST, Jan 30, Kyna Crain, Montana

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6:22 am PST, Jan 28, Andr�e Hussard, France

# 437:

7:02 am PST, Jan 27, Victoria Mary Stong / AnimalRightsActivist, New York
Protect our precious birds and other uncovered animals from abuse and neglect please? God will surely bless you for it! **I want to bring to your attention a man slaughtering Horses:The murderous sponsor Mr. Cunningham of the current petition "Membership Input Futurity and Derby Plans" got angry when I left a very RESPECTFUL comment asking that he put in his rules not to slaughter Horses for his Horseracing business. In response he deleted my commments 2 times! He also emailed me that it's necessary to slaughter Horses in his business! I LOVE this petition and signed around 50 anti-slaughter Horse petitions so far. I ASK EVERYONE TO SIGN "Membership Input Futurity and Derby Plans" PETITION SOLELY TO TELL HIM TO STOP SLAUGHTERING HORSES. You can also email him and tell him not to slaughter Horses as a part of his business by clicking on his name on top. His excuse was that I'm not a member, but tens of non-members are signing his petition. Please help in the prevention of Horse Slaughter and sign Mr. Cunnningham's petition asking him to amend his rules stating not to slaughter and kill Horses but to instead send them to a sanctuary when they are unwanted? I want to greatly thank the sponsor of this petition their hard work and effort to save the Horses so that not so many horses will suffer under the hands of heartless and cruel people. God bless you. People like you make this world a better place in which to live just like the animals we all protect!~~~~~~~*For what it's worth; I'm a Former Student & Horsebackrider at The Knox School in St. James, New York and also participated proudly in 3 Horse Shows on their Campus. The Knox School is a very fine and upstanding Private School with an on-Campus Horse Stable that has been featured on WB11(TV)for being one of the top 10 Private Schools in the Country. / * This picture was taken in 12/06 with my friends Horse & Carriage at Rockefeller Center in N.Y.C.. You can also see a picture of me at www.Beadquilt.org at the bottom of the first page with my story of working in Ground Zero 9/11-11/10/01.

# 436:

11:56 am PST, Jan 24, Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico

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11:11 am PST, Jan 4, Jennifer Lee, Georgia

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6:15 pm PST, Dec 31, Samantha Gunning, Canada

# 433:

11:42 pm PST, Dec 27, Madhu Ahuja, India
Love animals.....live and let live

# 432:

10:04 pm PST, Dec 26, Jean-damien SUSINI, France

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10:03 pm PST, Dec 26, Jean Marie Trincali, France

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7:36 pm PST, Dec 26, Annie Bertrand, France

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6:12 am PST, Dec 26, SANDRA ROCHA, Portugal

# 428:

5:51 pm PST, Dec 25, Natalie Pierre, New Jersey
All animals deserve to be placed under this act as all living things deserve to be treated with compassion.

# 427:

8:45 pm PST, Dec 20, Marsha Novita, Florida

# 426:

12:02 pm PST, Dec 20, Susan Collins, Florida
Please add birds to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. How can they possibly be left off? Isn't it enough that they give their lives for us? Can we not give them this most minimal, basic of protections?

# 425:

9:45 am PST, Dec 20, Amanda Robinson, Canada
This infuriates me to no end!!! The people who do these cruel things to these poor birds should have the same thing done to them. That's the only way humans will learn that they cannot go around treating animals this way.

# 424:

3:41 pm PST, Dec 19, Marie Ko, Arizona

# 423:

4:14 pm PST, Dec 18, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

# 422:

7:33 pm PST, Dec 17, Jodi Taylor, New York

# 421:

10:23 am PST, Dec 17, Terry Ridgway, West Virginia
Innocent animals need our help and protection from inhumane treatment. No living being should have to endure such conditions and treatment. Let's stop this now.

# 420:

11:32 am PST, Dec 16, Caroline Szalay, New Jersey

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7:13 am PST, Dec 16, Erika Ridgway, West Virginia
Definetly! I have signed over 3 petiotns like this

# 418:

11:04 pm PST, Dec 14, Kurt Van kleef, Belgium

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11:03 pm PST, Dec 14, Isabelle Pattyn, Belgium

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11:03 pm PST, Dec 14, Vanessa Callens, Belgium

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1:28 am PST, Dec 13, Jerlynda Delacey, New Zealand

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3:44 pm PST, Dec 10, Nathalie Paternoster, Belgium

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1:06 pm PST, Dec 9, Rachel Ashman, California

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11:04 am PST, Dec 9, Loles Mateo Lasheras, Spain

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3:53 am PST, Dec 9, R Brailly, Minnesota

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1:08 pm PST, Dec 8, Jillyanne Michelle Cape, Missouri

# 409:

11:48 am PST, Dec 8, Alyssa Stanwood, Massachusetts
Animals are an essential part of life; they bring joy, inspiration, they are truly the only beings that show unconditional love. Animals have more soul than most humans I know! That is why I am signing this petition, no being should ever suffer like this. It is not acceptable and it needs to be known. No one deserves to be treated in such a manner!

# 408:

3:25 pm PST, Dec 7, Michelle Brown, Virginia

# 407:

10:18 am PST, Dec 7, Nicole Long, Texas

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6:24 pm PST, Dec 6, Theresa Murphy, Massachusetts

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2:55 pm PST, Dec 6, Heather Miller, Tennessee

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12:38 pm PST, Dec 6, Michele Santos, Puerto Rico

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9:06 am PST, Dec 6, Desiree Diaz, Illinois

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2:05 pm PST, Dec 5, April Dawson, Florida

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12:40 pm PST, Dec 5, Emily M, United Kingdom

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