«You're seeing almost every major retailer, almost every major fast food producer and restaurant chain committing to phasing out
the use of battery cages and / or gestation crates,» ASPCA Farm Welfare director Daisy Freund tells Business Insider.
Not exact matches
The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million
of the eggs it
uses each year will not come from hens crammed into
battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet
of paper on which to spend her entire life.
As part
of its new animal welfare policy, the SUBWAY ® chain will ensure that, to start, 4 percent
of the eggs
used for its breakfast menu nationwide do not come from hens crammed into
battery cages.
The leading international food and beverage company has committed that more than one million
of the eggs it
uses each year will not come from hens crammed into
battery cages, which provide each bird less space than a single sheet
of paper on which to spend her entire life.
«By starting to
use eggs from hens not confined in cruel
battery cages and pork from pigs not crammed into tiny gestation crates, Sonic has taken an important first step forward for animal welfare,» said Paul Shapiro, senior director
of The HSUS» factory farming campaign.
No - Eminent scientific opinion has concluded that any purported «advantages»
of the
cage system over alternatives are outweighed by the severe negative impacts
of battery cages: The European Scientific Veterinary Committee concluded in 1996 that «It is clear that because
of its small size and its barrenness, the
battery cage as
used at present has inherent severe disadvantages for the welfare
of hens».
With Brave the
Cage, we visit public spaces, colleges, and events with our custom human - sized battery cage, giving the public an opportunity to experience what life is like for 95 % of hens used for egg product
Cage, we visit public spaces, colleges, and events with our custom human - sized
battery cage, giving the public an opportunity to experience what life is like for 95 % of hens used for egg product
cage, giving the public an opportunity to experience what life is like for 95 %
of hens
used for egg production.
Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food and clothing industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.213 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning
battery cages reduce only a very small portion
of the harm
of animal agriculture — if any — so they are not the most cost - effective
use of time.214, 215, 216
Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.192 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning
battery cages reduce only a very small portion
of the harm
of animal agriculture, if any, so they are not the most cost - effective
use of time.193, 194, 195