In a move that I'm sure has animal rights activists everywhere celebrating, Burger King has announced that they are to begin purchasing a portion of their eggs and pork products from suppliers that do not keep their animals in cages or crates. In letters sent to PETA, BK outlined their new company supply guidelines. Ten percent of their pork already comes from suppliers who don't use sow gestation crates, and they plan to double that number by the end of 2007. They are also planning to source 2 percent of their egg purchases from hens that are not confined, a number they also plan to double by year end.
Though 2 percent may seem almost insignificant at first, Burger King's buying power could force more and more suppliers to switch to cage-free environments for their animals. Never wanting to be upstaged, I'm sure McDonald's and some of the other big names in fast food are likely to follow this example as well.
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4-01-2007 @ 12:24PM
Alexis said...
Quite cool.
I had to check the article date on the link to make sure it wasn't some april fools thing, and seeing it was march 28th, it remains quite cool.
Good job BK
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4-01-2007 @ 5:15PM
Steven said...
April Fools!
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4-01-2007 @ 8:26PM
Gmrpr7 said...
I thought this was a April fools day joke too, lol.
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4-03-2007 @ 12:34AM
Christine said...
I'm slightly encouraged...?
It's a step in the right direction, at least!
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4-05-2007 @ 3:44PM
Lynda R said...
No cages? No crates? Just imagine what they will walk in, wallow in, chew on!! And what about all the parasites that come from the dirt, mud and bodily functions.
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4-12-2007 @ 3:44PM
Keith said...
"No cages? No crates? Just imagine what they will walk in, wallow in, chew on!! And what about all the parasites that come from the dirt, mud and bodily functions.
Posted at 3:44PM on Apr 5th 2007 by Lynda R"
Obviously you have no clue how your pork is produced now. You should perhaps do your research first before you make uneducated assumptions. Imagine what they walk in, wallow in, chew on (each other in case you don't know and it is very clear that you don't), and contract from the waste, dead pigs, and rotting feed that they are caged with. People like you are the reason there hasn't been more progress in humane animal treatment.
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