Did you hear that? It was a major nail being hammered into the battery cage’s coffin this week.
In an egg industry earthquake, Walmart—which sells a quarter of all U.S. groceries—announced it’s ending its sales of eggs from caged hens.
As well, I have somewhat of a family connection to one of the recent cage-free announcements, as I describe in a Virginian-Pilot op-ed this week.
These corporate announcements certainly put us much closer to the end zone in our battle against cages than we’ve ever been, but it’s game on in Massachusetts, where HSUS has begun reserving ad space for this November’s electoral battle over extreme confinement.
Finally, HSUS’s work helping hospitals slash the amount of meat they’re serving moved to Washington, as you can read about in theYakima Herald. We’re also working to help plant-based food companies, as described in this great Guardian story about how venture capital could help end factory farming.
Paul Shapiro
Vice President, Farm Animal Protection
The Humane Society of the United States
Follow at twitter.com/pshapiro
P.S. Video of the week: What happens when pit bulls meet ducklings?