The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $261,000 to Mercy for Animals to support corporate campaigns to improve the welfare of broiler chickens. Broiler chickens are the most numerous land farm animals, with more than a billion alive at any time and approximately 9 billion slaughtered annually in the U.S. alone. Their welfare is impacted by genetics, overcrowding, inhumane slaughter, and environmental factors like chronic sleep deprivation due to lighting schedules optimized for growth. Broiler welfare campaigns seek to address these causes of suffering.
This follows Open Philanthropy's May 2018 support and falls within its focus area of farm animal welfare.
Read more:
- Open Philanthropy Grant Page
- Open Philanthropy Grant to Mercy For Animals — May 2018
- Open Philanthropy Grant to Mercy For Animals — May 2017
- Open Philanthropy Grant to Mercy For Animals — November 2016
- Open Philanthropy Grant to Mercy For Animals — August 2016
- Open Philanthropy Grant to Mercy For Animals — February 2016
- Open Philanthropy Focus Area: Farm Animal Welfare
- Mercy For Animals Website