Subway in the hot seat: Chickens will besiege corporate headquarters in Amsterdam

Berlin (ots) - One hundred oversized fierce chickens will besiege Subway's
European headquarters at Prinsengracht 13 in Amsterdam on Tuesday, 11 February
2020, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. With this "revolt of the chickens", animal rights
activists are protesting against the fact that the sandwich company sells meat
from chickens that are kept under cruel conditions. They will hand over almost
130,000 signatures for a petition against the company.

In the afternoon, chickens and animal welfare activists will go to the Subway
restaurant at Rokin/Spaarpotsteeg. The action in Amsterdam will be accompanied
by a Twitterstorm under the hashtag #ChickensAgainstSubway. The protests are
part of a Europe-wide campaign led by the Albert Schweitzer Foundation and will
be followed by further actions against Subway in major cities and online.

20 animal welfare organizations will put Subway through the wringer

Together with 19 further organizations from 14 countries, the Albert Schweitzer
Foundation is calling on Subway to improve its animal welfare standards for
so-called broiler chickens. For two years they have been trying to convince the
company to join the European Chicken Commitment. However, the world's largest
franchisor with its more than 42,000 restaurants is stubbornly refusing to do so
- despite the fact that Subway joined a similar commitment in the USA and Canada
as early as 2017.

European Chicken Commitment (ECC)

The ECC aims to establish a higher minimum standard in the husbandry of chickens
raised for meat. 260+ companies, including KFC, Pizza Hut and Nestlé, have
already pledged to fulfill the requirements.

More about the ECC: http://ots.de/yNLyJd

Fast facts

What: Protest action and preliminary handover of petition signatures at Subway's
European headquarters & protest in front of Subway restaurant

When & Where: Tuesday, 11 February 2020

10 a.m. to 12 noon: protest outside the headquarters (Subway International BV,
Prinsengracht 13, 1015 DK, Amsterdam)

2 p.m. to 3 p.m.: protest in front of Subway restaurant Subway restaurant (Rokin
20, 1102 MG, Amsterdam)

On-site press coordinator: Lina Petri, Tel: 0162 5602524

Campaign website with video: https://www.subwayeatcruelty.com

Contact:

Diana of Webel
Albert Schweitzer Foundation
+49 30 400 54 68-15
presse@albert-schweitzer-stiftung.de

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