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Old Aug 27, 2021 | 11:00 pm
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Originally Posted by gaobest
Granted I’m aware of media criticism about Costco chicken and I’ll keep buying mine there.
My conscience is more important than my wallet. I don't mind paying a little extra for humanely raised chickens.

The Ugly Secrets Behind the Costco Chicken
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But an animal rights group called Mercy for Animals recently sent an investigator under cover to work on a farm in Nebraska that produces millions of these chickens for Costco, and customers might lose their appetite if they saw inside a chicken barn.

“It’s dimly lit, with chicken poop all over,” said the worker, who also secretly shot video there. “It’s like a hot humid cloud of ammonia and poop mixed together.”

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“They’re living on their own feces, with no fresh air and no natural light,” said Leah Garcés, the president of Mercy for Animals. “I don’t think it’s what a Costco customer expects.”

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Burger King, Popeyes, Chipotle, Denny’s and some 200 other food companies have embraced the Better Chicken Commitment...

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