World Animal Protection is deeply concerned by the announcement that JBS, one of the world’s largest food companies, is expanding into Nigeria with a $2.5 billion investment plan.
While JBS touts this move as an effort to boost local food security and develop sustainable production chains, we must carefully consider the animal welfare and environmental implications of this expansion and the sustainability of the whole project.
Factory farming, which JBS is known for, has been linked to a myriad of issues.
The mass production of poultry, beef, and pork often involves close confinement of animals in deplorable conditions, leading to significant suffering.
As JBS builds six new factories in Nigeria, it raises concerns about the welfare of millions of animals that will inevitably be subjected to factory farm conditions, where their fundamental needs for space, movement, and social interaction are ignored in favour of business-oriented production.
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