Cute boy Ryan Gosling can officially add animal rights activist to his résumé. The Canadian ex-Mouseketeer recently sent a letter to the the CEO of KFC Canada, John Bitove, asking him to help end the factory farming abuses common in commercial chicken production. The letter was a wonderful gesture, but, unfortunately, Gosling forgot to enclose in it a check for hundreds of millions of dollars, which is what it would take to get these greedy, bloated captains of death to stop what they're doing. Oh, well!

After the jump, the letter's text and an abominable video from inside a chicken factory, courtesy of PETA.

Dear Mr. Bitove:

I am discouraged to hear that KFC Canada has not intervened to eliminate the abuses that birds raised and killed for KFC restaurants suffer, despite the strides that are being made by other companies.

I understand that KFC Canada is still allowing its suppliers to scald chickens to death in scorching-hot water tanks and that many birds still suffer broken wings and legs because of violent treatment prior to slaughter. As a Canadian, I hope that you’ll set a good example for KFC operators in the U.S. and elsewhere by stopping the worst abuses endured by the birds killed for KFC Canada’s buckets. Won’t you please consider setting a precedent that all other KFCs can follow?

The time is ripe to do the right thing. By adopting the basic recommendations made by PETA and scientific experts (including raising birds in a more natural manner and employing less cruel slaughter methods), you could dramatically improve the lives and deaths of chickens raised and killed for KFC Canada.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Ryan Gosling