Chipotle Exposed

An undercover investigation into a Chipotle supplier exposes Chipotle’s failure to reduce animal suffering.

It’s time for Chipotle to keep its promises to animals and customers and demonstrate real transparency and leadership in animal welfare. Ask Chipotle to publish a roadmap for fulfilling its pledge to meet all Better Chicken Commitment standards.

TELL CHIPOTLE: STOP HUMANEWASHING

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HIDDEN CAMERAS EXPOSE
CHIPOTLE’S SHAME

A Mercy For Animals investigator documented foreign material in the meat at a Chipotle supplier. This was far from the worst thing they saw.

Footage shows Frankenchickens, birds bred to grow monstrously large unnaturally fast, experiencing the horrors of live-shackle slaughter. Some are conscious as their throats are slit.

Despite its pledge to ban Frankenchickens and live-shackle slaughter by 2024, Chipotle has failed to share how it will keep its promise.

WATCH THE BREAKING INVESTIGATION

FRANKENCHICKENS

Birds arrived at the facility fragile and injured, likely due to their unnaturally fast growth.
Legs Torn Off

Shackled upside down by their feet, some birds had their legs torn from their bodies.
Brutally Killed

Missing the electrified bath meant to render them unconscious, many were alert and suffering when their throats were slashed.

In 2017
Chipotle promised to stop using Frankenchickens and live-shackle slaughter by 2024.
Seven years later
Chipotle has no published plan to keep its word.

A BROKEN PROMISE?

Chipotle pledged to meet Better Chicken Commitment standards by 2024. Yet it has not reported any progress on banning Frankenchickens and admits that 86% of its supply chain still uses live-shackle slaughter.
HUMANEWASHING

Chipotle touts its commitment to transparency in its marketing materials and uses its animal welfare policies to present itself as a company that does the right thing—while ignoring the most-pressing issues.
CHIPOTLE'S DOWNFALL

The “downfall of Chipotle” has been trending on social media as Chipotle neglects its stated values. This investigation reveals yet another way that Chipotle is abandoning its promise to make ethical choices.

CRUELTY CRITICS

A relentless stream of chickens arrived, some lifeless, others with bloodied wings and mangled limbs. I watched as one hen was roughly hung by a shattered leg. It was a hellish sight.

—Mercy For Animals Undercover Investigator

One hen left on the conveyor belt stood alone, surrounded by men wearing smocks and masks, with limbs of her flockmates scattered around her. The atmosphere felt sinister.

—Mercy For Animals Undercover Investigator

Sometimes, shackled chickens would get caught in the machines and torn apart. I saw their legs return to us, still in the shackles, the rest of their bodies missing.

—Mercy For Animals Undercover Investigator

IT’S TIME FOR CHIPOTLE TO DEMONSTRATE REAL TRANSPARENCY.

Call on Chipotle to fulfill its mission to cultivate a better world and live up to its promises of transparency and strong animal welfare.

Chipotle should publish a roadmap for fulfilling its pledge to ban the use of Frankenchickens and live-shackle slaughter and meet Better Chicken Commitment standards.