UK comedians chime in on ‘Frankenchickens’ scandal in quiz show
The campaign against ‘Frankenchickens’ is gathering pace. The name refers to types of chicken selectively bred for the cheap meat industry. If a human baby grew at the same rate as one of these chickens, they’d be as heavy as two gorillas by eight weeks old. That’s one of the questions in a new comedy sketch featuring high-profile UK comedians. Project Slingshot released the sketch as part of its £3m ‘Don’t Buy It’ campaign, highlighting the horrors of factory farming. The latest instalment in Project Slingshot’s campaign turns its attention to ‘Frankenchickens’, the fast-growing chicken breeds supplied to major UK retailers…

