Meaningful Milestones: Our Impact Timeline

Seventeen Mercy For Animals volunteers held a protest outside a New York City Chipotle to educate the public about the company’s treatment of chickens, using signs, flyers, screens, and megaphones.

Kentucky legislators passed a contentious ag-gag bill that would criminalize capturing and sharing footage of farm animal conditions. In response, Mercy for Animals released a hard-hitting investigation, highlighting crucial information that could be lost if such investigations were banned. Our investigation, along with pressure from residents, led the governor to veto the bill. However, the legislature overrode the veto, enacting the law. The law now prohibits documenting and sharing footage of farm animal treatment. Our investigation included hidden-camera footage showing cruelty to chickens at Pilgrim’s Pride contract farms, a major poultry company in the U.S. Kentucky legislators passed a contentious ag-gag bill that would criminalize capturing and sharing footage of farm animal conditions. In response, Mercy for Animals released a hard-hitting investigation, highlighting crucial information that could be lost if such investigations were banned. Our investigation, along with pressure from residents, led the governor to veto the bill. However, the legislature overrode the veto, enacting the law. The law now prohibits documenting and sharing footage of farm animal treatment. Our investigation included hidden-camera footage showing cruelty to chickens at Pilgrim’s Pride contract farms, a major poultry company in the U.S.