Costco shareholders sue company for alleged chicken mistreatment

Two Costco shareholders alleged in a lawsuit that the birds used to make the chain's rotisserie chickens are mistreated.

The lawsuit alleges Costco "knowingly propagates chickens that are bred to grow so fast that many of them cannot stand under their own weight." Further, the suit states the chickens are sent to "dirty, crowded, factory farms run by inexperienced contract growers who Costco recruited and trained" where they "slowly die from hunger, thirst, injury and illness."

While Costco did not respond to a request for comment from Fox Business, officials previously said the company is "committed to maintaining the highest standards of animal welfare, humane processes and ethical conduct throughout the supply chain."

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