Tag: The Humane Society
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Dunkin Donuts will switch to cage-free eggs
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally published on the Humane Society of the United States blog If you don’t think we are in the midst of a period of punctuated change for animals on factory farms, and specifically on the use of gestation crates and battery cages, you haven’t been reading A Humane Nation. On December 7, in…
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Clearing the Air About Factory Farming and Ag-Gag Laws
By Paul Shapiro What do our nation’s farms and chemical manufacturing labs have in common? Well, for some pig factory farms in America, more than you might expect. Pigs poop—a lot. And when you concentrate huge numbers of pigs inside one building, you get a huge amount of poop. Yet collecting so much of that waste…
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Taco Bell Serves Up the Quickest Cage-Free Eggs Timeline Yet
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on The Humane Society of the United States Blog Taco Bell—with over 6,000 locations serving more than 40 million people each week—has announced that it is switching 100 percent of its eggs to cage-free by the end of 2016. This is the fastest timeline adopted by any major food company, and…
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Farmers, Corporations, States Move Toward Cage-Free Future
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on The Humane Society blog On August 19, I announced that The HSUS, the Massachusetts SPCA, the Animal Rescue League of Boston, the ASPCA, Zoo New England, and a number of other prominent organizations have launched a ballot initiative in the Bay State to stop extreme confinement of laying hens,…
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Video: Shocking Truths You Need to Know About Costco Eggs
In 2007, Costco — the second-largest grocery retailer in the USA — made a public commitment to eliminate cage confinement of chickens from its supply chain. Eight years later, you would think things would have changed for the better. But they haven’t. The egg cartons sold at Costco portray happy hens in green fields. But…
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General Mills Commits to Cage-Free Eggs
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on HumaneSociety.org Within the last six months or so, we’ve worked with many of the biggest names in the food business to announce their commitment to stop selling eggs from caged hens. Aramark, Compass Group, Dunkin Brands, Hilton, Kellogg, Nestle, Sodexo, Starbucks, and Walmart have all made public pledges…
