Burger King Shifts Policy on Animals

Well heck! They might as well let us have lunch "our way". Shoot it, skin it, cook it!!!!!!!!!

I stopped eating fast food hamburgers after watching the movie Supersize Me. I highly recommmend watching it if you haven't

Peta Action Alert

Dear ______,

I have some very exciting news to share with you. In 2001, when PETA halted its “;Murder King” campaign (after Burger King adopted some animal welfare standards), Burger King agreed to continue behind-the-scenes discussions with PETA about ways to further reduce the horrific abuse of animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses. Now, after nearly six years of negotiations with PETA, those discussions have resulted in Burger King’s agreeing to enact a new industry-leading animal welfare plan to improve conditions for the animals used and killed for its products.

According to its news plan, Burger King will:

* Immediately begin purchasing 10 percent of its pig flesh from suppliers that do not use cruel gestation crates—metal enclosures that confine mother pigs and are so restrictive that the animals cannot even stretch a limb or take a step—and double that amount by the end of 2007.
* Immediately begin purchasing 2 percent of its eggs from hens who are not confined to tiny wire battery cages and more than double that amount by the end of 2007.
* Issue a statement to its egg suppliers that it will give purchasing preference to those that do not use battery cages.
* Issue a statement to its chicken-flesh suppliers that it will give purchasing preference to those that use or switch to “controlled-atmosphere killing” (CAK), the least cruel method of poultry slaughter in existence.

PETA applauds Burger King for this groundbreaking announcement, and we will continue to work with the company to improve its animal welfare requirements.

Tragically, some of the biggest fast-food companies—like KFC—have refused to eliminate even the very worst abuses of animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses. Numerous celebrities, including Pamela Anderson, His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Pink, and Good Charlotte, have called on KFC to halt the horrific abuse of the more than 850 million chickens raised and killed every year for its restaurants. PETA will continue to put pressure on KFC to stop torturing animals, but we urgently need your help! Please visit KentuckyFriedCruelty.com to learn more about what you can do.

Of course, the best way to help chickens, pigs, and other farmed animals is by not eating them. Be sure to visit GoVeg.com for a free vegetarian starter kit!

Thank you for your continued support of PETA as we work to end cruelty to animals.

Sincerely,

Ingrid E. Newkirk
President
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

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Oooooh...then it MUST be right!!!

* Immediately begin purchasing 10 percent of its pig flesh from suppliers that do not use cruel gestation crates—metal enclosures that confine mother pigs and are so restrictive that the animals cannot even stretch a limb or take a step—and double that amount by the end of 2007.
Those crates are intended to keep the sow from crushing her litter , not simply to confine her.
* Immediately begin purchasing 2 percent of its eggs from hens who are not confined to tiny wire battery cages and more than double that amount by the end of 2007.
The hens aren't confined to cages for more than 23 hours per day, it's a feel good dodge at best.
* Issue a statement to its egg suppliers that it will give purchasing preference to those that do not use battery cages.
Don't use battery cages any more than necessary would be closer.
* Issue a statement to its chicken-flesh suppliers that it will give purchasing preference to those that use or switch to “controlled-atmosphere killing” (CAK), the least cruel method of poultry slaughter in existence.
Dead is still dead, numbnuts...

mmmmmmmm....veal.....

good point about the farrowing crates...but, those are faceless piglets, and city folks don't get that part...

Animal farming is about doing the best you can by the animal to get the most you can from the animal, while causing it as little trama as possible to ensure the quality of the product.

Sadly, this Free Willy mentality continues to take a larger hold in society. Don't ever try to tell a hippy that a sow will crush her litter though...they know you are wrong...morons...

Being very Italian, I've eaten veal since I could eat solid foods--one of my favorite meats for sure, especially breaded with a side of pasta topped with garlic and olive oil sauce!!!



Indeed, these Hollyweird people are mostly complete morons, but I think Tom Cruise ticked me off the most out of all of those--(1) the man spends his existence worshipping a false god through Scientology (sorry, that's just what it is to me) and (2) trust me, he doesn't know jack [insert four-letter word of choice here] about antidepressants or psychiatry, yet he uses his "celebrity status" to grossly misinform the general public in an act of pure selfishness (even the many liberals in my field can't stand him for the same reason!). These celebrities, especially Tom Cruise the you-know-what clown, have no idea what the real world and real logic is like, even though they claim to have the answers to everything and misinform the public with their [another four-letter word, please...].