People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is urging Natick-based BJ’S Wholesale Club to support a gentler method of poultry slaughter.
The animal activist group’s Hub chapter, which said it owns stock in the company, has submitted a shareholder resolution encouraging BJ’s to purchase all its turkeys from suppliers that use a less cruel method of poultry slaughter called “controlled-atmosphere killing” by the end of 2012.
“BJ’s should be ashamed that it is lagging behind its competitors in improving conditions for the chickens and turkeys who end up on its shelves,” said Tracy Reiman, PETA’s executive vice president, in a statement. “There’s a way to prevent birds from being scalded to death or having their throats cut while they are still conscious, and consumers are clamoring for it, so it makes sense for BJ’s to take action to stop this abuse.”
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