Costco continues to get called out for its support of battery cage confinement. Today, Bill Maher published an
op-ed in the New York Times urging the company to do the right thing, generating extensive news coverage, including by
CNN.
It’s a big day for op-eds, as the
LA Times published a great op-ed too today, by Bruce Friedrich, about the Pope and farm animal protection.
While Costco may be reticent to move away from caging hens, General Mills isn’t. The company
announced this week that it’s converting to 100 percent eggs from cage-free hens.
And finally, you know the egg industry has a sordid track record on animal cruelty. But did you hear about the
federal slavery indictments at a major Ohio battery cage facility that allegedly forced captive children to debeak birds and commit other abuses?
P.S. Video of the week: Chickens don’t like cages, but do you know what they do like? Bananas!