Fast Food Embracing Animal Welfare - Democratic Underground

dArKeR

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Wed Nov-05-03 07:14 PM
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Fast Food Embracing Animal Welfare

ou'll never guess what's different about the Egg McMuffin at McDonald's.

It's not the eggs that come first here. It's the chickens.

Quietly, both McDonald's and Burger King have become leaders in animal welfare, demanding improvements for the hens that lay the fast food eggs and new standards for cattle and hogs destined to become sandwiches.

The hens, raised in crowded cages, must now have room to flap their wings, and at the slaughterhouse, chickens can't be thrown around like trash.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/05/eveningnews/main582028.shtml

Here chicky chicky, let me give you a pillow to sleep on for a couple weeks before I slit your throat and eat you.

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Kolesar

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Thu Nov-06-03 07:41 AM
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1. McDonalds has adopted standards for threatment of their hamburger meat

That Certified Humane standard looks like the way to go. It would be nice if you could see such certification posted in the restaurant before dining there.

Btw, PETA was responsible for pressuring McD to change their standards.

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dusty64

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Thu Nov-06-03 08:37 AM
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2. Its better than nothing

I suppose. Some progress is obviously greater than none.

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