Less than a week after the release of Compassion Over Killing’s (COK) haunting investigation of Amick Farms, thousands of you have joined us in urging the USDA to put the brakes on cruel high-speed slaughter once and for all. Spread your wingspan for birds TODAY: Click here to send a quick tweet to the agency for millions of chickens suffering every year in dangerous high-speed slaughterhouses!

COK’s investigation revealed Amick’s high-speed house of horrors, including birds being punched, shoved, and thrown down the recklessly fast-paced kill line, and other birds slowly drowned in electrified stunning baths during equipment breakdown. Our investigator also documented “red birds,” with blood seen under their skin—evidence that they were scalded alive.

In response, Amick Farms CEO Ben Harrison admitted that the footage showed “clear violations of [their] animal welfare policies and [their] company values” and claimed that the company is “taking all appropriate actions including, but not limited to, further training, swift disciplinary action, and a more rigorous approach to ensuring compliance with [their] policies for the humane handling of our birds.”

But Amick and the USDA have yet to admit the disastrous effects of running kill lines at recklessly fast speeds of up to 175 birds slaughtered every minute, causing workers to make critical errors--and put themselves in danger--as they rush to keep up.

Amick is one of 24 chicken plants that the USDA allows to run at incredibly high speeds--with potentially many more to come, as the federal agency’s now granting line speed cap waivers to individual plants.

Help put a halt to these high-speed horrors: Join us in tweeting for birds TODAY by clicking here or using our sample below!

SAMPLE TWEET: I was horrified by new @TryVeg investigation of #AmickFarms. It’s time to put the brakes on high-speed slaughter for workers, animals, and consumers, @USDA! #HighSpeedHorrors http://bit.ly/HaltHighSpeedHorrors