January 1, 2005

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  McDonald's to study using gas to kill chickens

  
  

  OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald's is considering whether to require its processors to use a method for slaughtering poultry that animal rights groups say is more humane.

  
  

  The fast-food giant said it is studying the possibility of "controlled atmosphere killing," in which chickens are put to sleep with gas.

  
  

  It would replace a slaughtering process in which chickens are hung by their legs on a moving conveyor line and pulled through an electrified vat of water.

  
  

  
   

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