Nando’s failing on chicken welfare
News
Join us in urging Nando's to improve chicken welfare, following our success with KFC. Together, we're make a difference for chickens everywhere.
The #RealCheekyNandos
Our #RealCheekyNandos campaign is calling on fans of the restaurant chain to demand Nando’s take urgent action to improve the welfare of chickens.
Cramped conditions and fast growth cause health problems
The fast food chain continues to use fast-growing breeds of chicken which suffer from terrible health problems, including deformed legs and hearts and lungs that struggle to keep up. This often means they cannot walk and die prematurely.
In addition, chickens are kept in cramped conditions in a space less than an A4 piece of paper.
Credit: World Animal Protection
Price doesn’t mean good chicken welfare
We’ve been talking to Nando’s customers and found 38% of them believe the chain has the highest chicken welfare standards. However, our ‘Pecking Order’ report ranked their welfare policies as ‘very poor’, yet they charge significantly more than other high street competitors.
Calling for Urgent Improvement
Our campaign calls for Nando’s to commit to:
- Stop using fast-growing chicken breeds and instead switch to chickens which grow at a slower rate, to avoid catastrophic health issues and unnecessary pain
- Introduce lower stocking densities to give chickens more space and room so they can behave more naturally
Our #TheRealCheekyNandos graphic above illustrates the reality for Nando's chickens
Make a difference. Join our community.
We campaign to improve animals' lives in the UK and around the world. Why not join us today?