Tomorrow, rapper Flo Rida is slated to perform at Saturday in the Park in Sioux City, Iowa--and his appearance is sponsored by none other than poultry giant Tyson Foods. Urge the star to use his voice for the birds languishing in Tyson’s supply chain right now with a quick tweet!
More than a quarter million of you have signed our petition since our gut-wrenching investigation exposed egregious abuse and the devastating effects of rapid growth of birds in Tyson’s supply chain, urging it to end this abuse and shift to plant protein.
But after teasing a plant-based protein endeavor and telling Compassion Over Killing that it was “looking at plant protein as the future of protein,” Tyson Foods’ new “plant-based” brand falls short of the mark. It’s not actually plant-based at all, comprising a veggie nugget made with eggs and a blended beef burger.
Moreover, Tyson has still failed to address a major source of suffering in the hundreds of millions of birds it breeds every year: These birds have been genetically manipulated to grow so unnaturally large, so quickly that they can suffer heart attacks and their fragile legs often collapse under their own morbidly obese bodies -- all before they’re even 2 months old!
Compassion Over Killing has appealed to Flo Rida in advance of his performance tomorrow urging him to use his influence with his sponsor, Tyson, to encourage it to do better by birds--but so far, he’s been mum on the issue.