Costco Cracks to Public Pressure Regarding Cage-Egg Cruelty
For too long, large industries have been able to use and abuse the animals they enslave, doing whatever they want to line their own pockets, and always at the expense of suffering animals, but that era of non-accountability seems to be drawing to a close.
Currently in the U.S., over 90% of eggs sold are supplied by industrial caged egg farms. These are intensive factory farms, where each hen is forced to suffer in a wire prison so small that she can’t even extend her wings, her muscles and bones waste away from lack of use, she suffers respiratory disease from constant exposure to ammonia fumes and fecal dust, and she develops raw flesh sores over her body from rubbing against harsh wire. Caged for life, she suffers absolute mental and physical torture in confinement.
Regardless of the label any business has put on the animal products it sells to make consumers feel like it’s acceptable (cage-free, humane, etc.), know that animals always suffer.
To read Costco’s new public statement regarding its caged egg supply chains, click here.
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At IDA, we are grateful for each and every one of you who acknowledges the suffering of animals and does not contribute to it by purchasing animal products.