Tag: Wayne Pacelle
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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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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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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…
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News: Walmart, Nation’s Biggest Food Seller, Adopts Principles for More Humane Treatment of Farm Animals
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on HumaneSociety.org On May 22, Walmart, one of the world’s biggest companies – and the nation’s biggest food seller by a long shot – announced it has adopted the “five freedoms” principles for farm animals, effectively renouncing the use of extreme confinement and other abusive practices in animal agriculture,…
