TAKE ACTION: While slaughterhouses are making headlines for spreading COVID-19, the USDA is quietly granting a record number of waivers that allow meat producers to speed up the kill lines. Faster line speeds are dangerous for workers and make the last moments of an animal's life even more painful and horrifying. As workers struggle to keep up with the rapidly moving slaughter lines, some birds miss the throat-cutting blade and enter the scalding water tank alive and fully conscious. Don't let t