Activists expose cruelty at McDonald's egg supplier in U.S.
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smithinjapan
“McDonald’s wants to assure our customers that we demand humane treatment of animals by our suppliers. We take this responsibility—along with our customers’ trust—very seriously.”
Sure you do! That's why you investigate this kind of thing by yourself before and while trusting in the companies you get your products from, not simply cutting ties when it's revealed you get your products from companies that engage in extreme cruelty!
"She noted that Sparboe Farms was the first U.S. egg producer to have its “science-based animal care production guideline” certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
Awwww.... how sweet! How much was in the padded envelope to get that certification? for surely you didn't get it based on what you practice.
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jforce
Just reading this makes me feel awful. I'm no vegan, but this is just disgusting.
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smithinjapan
jforce: No kidding! As if yet another reason to avoid McDonald's were necessary. And their damage control tactics are astoundingly disgusting and vapid.
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Cricky
I'm loving it, .....I'm vomiting it
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cleo
This isn't the first time Mcdonalds have been shown to promote cruelty, probably won't be the last time, either. It's no surprise. Not much has changed since the original 'McLibel' case.
What I do find shocking though is that there are no federal laws governing the treatment of poultry on U.S. farms and most states have sweeping exemptions for farmed animals which allow for abuses to run rampant without prosecution.
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smithinjapan
cleo: "What I do find shocking though is that there are no federal laws governing the treatment of poultry on U.S. farms and most states have sweeping exemptions for farmed animals which allow for abuses to run rampant without prosecution."
I can't say for certain but I'm quite sure the reason is that politicians with vested interests in food processing companies, like the 'big 5 beef companies' for example, are pressured to avoid creating such legislation, or to scrap any that exists. Just now in the US, for example, Obama's push to make school cafeteria foods healthier was quashed by Republicans. Why? money!
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oberst
did they squeeze the chicken to force the eggs out for fast delivery ?
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DentShop
No - but they do squeeze bunnies at the M & Ms factory...
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landshark
And this:
Are we supposed to imagine the four brought their own beak burning machine to the factory farm?
Are we supposed to imagine that the other treatment of the animals was worse than the standard practice of burning off their beaks, which is done to prevent them hurting other chickens in their overcrowded cages?
Firing four workers over abuse that is less and less prevalent than the standard abuse of the farm is silly at best.
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cleo
Presumably the four did worse than 'just' burn the beaks off the chicks, which after all appears to have been a routine part of their job.
Every time you chow down on a bit of dead bird, remember that there are no federal laws governing the treatment of poultry on U.S. farms. There's every chance that the bird you're eating, unless you raised and slaughtered it yourself, was subjected to just as much cruelty and suffering in its short sad life as the McChicks were/are.
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