![On-farm slaughter could reduce the amount of stress birds experience on their last day.](https://img.wattagnet.com/files/base/wattglobalmedia/all/image/2023/10/Tunnel_ventilated_evaporatively_cooled_broiler_house.652729cd44ab7.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
The Global Animal Partnership (GAP) has established six welfare certification standards for chicken products. The highest certification level is GAP 5+ which calls for the birds’ entire life to be spent on one farm, there is no live chick or market age bird transport allowed. The only way to accomplish GAP 5+ is to have both on-farm hatching and slaughter. In addition, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) recognizes transport as a stressor and suggests that animals should be slaughtered as close as possible to their point of origin.