【C】Throughout Europe, one kind of chicken reigns supreme. The “Ross 308” is a breed developed
specifically to grow rapidly -- in just 35 days, it can be 26 and packaged for sale. No other
breed on the market is as quick to reach its ideal weight, but many come close.
Animal welfare activists take issue with the cruelty inherent in this factory-farming process,
though, and have taken steps to change it. Their efforts in the UK 27 a measure of success,
with big names like KFC agreeing to abide by the Better Chicken Commitment.
Entities that have signed the Better Chicken Commitment, an international initiative aimed at
eliminating the use of fast-growing breeds like the Ross 308, agree to switch to slower-growing
breeds by 2026. They will also monitor the welfare of the chickens they are responsible for and
provide them with lower-density enclosures. Most chickens that people eat today 28 in
cramped, inhumane conditions. When these circumstances combined with generations of breeding
for rapid growth, the result is great suffering for the chickens involved. The Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found that these chickens are more 29 diseases and that they
have much higher 30 rates when compared with slower-growing breeds. 【題組】28. (A) are risen (B) rise (C) raise (D) are raised
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