Animal welfare campaigners dressed in butcher outfits descended outside the Morrisons store in Chorlton urging supermarket bosses to remove ‘genetically engineered Frankenchickens' from their shelves.
Open Cages campaigners protested outside 21 Morrisons stores across the country at the weekend in response to the supermarket chain’s launch of a small range of chicken reared to higher welfare standards. Campaigners described the move as a ‘cheap gesture’ as it still continues to source ‘intensively farmed’ chickens, also known as ‘Frankenchickens’, which are grown 400% faster than naturally and can be prone to deformities and heart attacks.
Last year, undercover filming from the campaign group found ‘monstrous and deformed' chickens collapsing on four farms supplying Morrisons’ welfare-assured Butchers on Market Street meat label. Protestors highlighted the 'horrifying' conditions outside the stores with a billboard truck parodying the retailer’s ad campaigns by stating “there’s nothing good about this chicken”.
