Soapbox #557: Cage-free eggs at WPI

Drew Wilson talks about the successful campaign to switch WPI's cafeterias to cage-free eggs. He also mentions the website vegworcester.com.

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This campaign is part of a larger effort by the Humane Society of the United States.

For footage from one of New York state's largest egg farms, which uses battery cages, see this movie.

New York Times, March 28, 2007:

In what animal welfare advocates are describing as a “historic advance,” Burger King, the world’s second-largest hamburger chain, said yesterday that it would begin buying eggs and pork from suppliers that did not confine their animals in cages and crates.

See also The Onion's take.

Film shows neglect of pigs, turkeys and ducks sold under ethical label

Popular ethical food labels which claim to reassure consumers of high standards of animal welfare are criticised tonight in a TV programme which shows shocking scenes of neglect on some farms including ducks being punched, kicked and thrown around by staff.