STOP THE 'BIG SIX' FROM KILLING DUCKS

Despite clear cruelty and lawbreaking at Gressingham Foods, major retailers continue to sell the commodified bodies of commercially-farmed ducks.

Waitrose claims that they have "more stringent animal welfare requirements than Red Tractor Standards", yet they are selling ducks that have not been provided even the most basic care. Take action TODAY to get justice for ducks! Demand that the supermarkets ASDA, the Co-op, Waitrose, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco give Gressingham Foods the boot and end their sale of ducks.

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Simon

Roberts

Sainsbury's

Ken

Murphy

Tesco

Rami

Baitiéh

Morrisons

Nish

Kankiwala

Waitrose

Shirine

Khoury-Haq

The Co-operative Group

To: Nish Kankiwala - Waitrose CEO, Simon Roberts - Sainsbury's CEO, Ken Murphy - Tesco CEO, Rami Baitiéh - Morrisons CEO, Shirine Khoury-Haq - The Co-operative Group CEO, Lord Stuart Rose - Asda Chairman

It is incredibly disheartening and shocking that Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons, Co-op and Asda, the UK's 'Big Six' major supermarkets, continue to sell the commodified bodies of commercially-farmed ducks. As the largest stockists of Gressingham Duck, you are directly responsible for the abhorrent exploitation that ducks face on British farms.

Animal Justice Project, a leading animal rights pressure group, has carried out three undercover investigations into Gressingham Foods' farming practices since 2019, with the most recent being in 2023. The exposés revealed that ducks had no access to open water, prohibiting their expression of natural behaviours – swimming and bathing – and causing psychological torment; ducks had their necks snapped and their bodies thrown into crowds of other distressed birds; birds were strangled as they were waved around to scare other terror-stricken ducks; workers violently slammed ducks, alive, into metal shackles; and ducks were left hanging upside down on the slaughter line for seven times the legal limit.

Waitrose boasts "much more stringent welfare requirement than Red Tractor Standards", yet Gressingham Foods' farming practices do not even meet those basic regulations. Co-op states that "our farmers care for their animals by following the 5 Freedoms welfare code" including "freedom to express normal behaviour", yet continue to sell the bodies of these semi-aquatic birds who never even had the chance to bathe, swim or even feel sunshine on their backs.

The tragic reality of ducks suffering every day across the UK needs to end immediately. I call on you, as some of the most influential people in British retail, to commit to stop selling Gressingham Duck, and all duck products. Our feathered friends deserve a life free from exploitation.

Yours faithfully,

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