Actions – Animal Equality

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Evan Lesmez — Fri, 31 May 2024 15:31:44 +0000

First Watch Allows Extreme Animal Abuse

Dane Charbeneau — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:02:02 +0000

Take Action From morning to night, summer to fall, this pregnant mother pig will spend her life in a cage so small she can’t even turn around. Other restaurants, from The Cheesecake Factory to Outback Steakhouse, have stopped supporting this cruelty, but First Watch refuses. In fact, pigs aren’t mentioned at all in its public animal welfare policies. While the use of…

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Sonic is supporting extreme animal abuse

Claire Roberson — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:07:53 +0000

In 2012, Sonic committed to phasing out gestation crates from its supply chain. The company claimed that it was working toward a crate-free supply chain by 2017, and no later than 2022. But now, the company no longer has any public commitment to eliminate gestation crates. Take Action Sonic Drive-In is involved in one of the worst factory farming practices: locking pregnant…

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Get Foie Gras out of the Olympics

Dane Charbeneau — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:37:15 +0000

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Top restaurant chains are profiting from animal abuse

Dane Charbeneau — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:20:44 +0000

Animal Equality is calling out restaurants involved in one of the worst factory farming practices: locking pregnant pigs in gestation crates—cages so small that they can’t even turn around. Since 2008, several US restaurant chains have pledged to stop using gestation crates for pregnant pigs. Eleven states and several countries have already made this practice illegal. Companies like McDonald’s…

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Demand that the Farm Bill keeps animal protections

Vanessa Cervini — Wed, 22 May 2024 19:15:53 +0000

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Ann Arbor: Ban the sale of foie gras

Vanessa Cervini — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:45:01 +0000

Foie gras, often deemed the world’s most controversial food, is produced by force‑feeding ducks and geese until their livers become diseased. Animal cruelty has no place in a city of higher learning, growth, and innovation. That’s why all Ann Arbor residents are invited to sign our petition urging the City Council to ban foie gras sales. Not an Ann Arbor resident? Animals still need your…

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Denny’s CEO and the cruelty of pigs in cages

Dane Charbeneau — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:29:37 +0000

Kelli Valade, who oversees both Denny’s and Keke’s Breakfast Cafe, is trying to sweep animal cruelty under the rug. Amid ongoing national protests at Denny’s and Keke’s restaurants, the company continues purchasing from farms that use intensive confinement methods for pigs. An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that keeping animals in tiny cages for nearly their entire lives is…

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Dawn Lafreeda: Oppose Denny’s animal cruelty

Dane Charbeneau — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:23:17 +0000

Dawn Lafreeda is the CEO of Den-Tex Central, Inc., which operates over 70 Denny’s restaurants. She is also one of the largest franchise owners and a member of the Denny’s Franchise Association Board and the Denny’s Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Dawn Lafreeda refuses to publicly address the extreme animal abuse authorized by Denny’s: the confinement of pregnant pigs in cages so…

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Carl Ferland: Oppose Denny’s animal cruelty

Dane Charbeneau — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:40:56 +0000

Carl Ferland is a Denny’s franchisee with a long history with the diner chain, dating back 50 years. He is also on the board of the Denny’s Franchise Association and a member of its Strategic Supply Chain Committee (SSCC). A Food Logistics article from 2016 states that franchisees sign a purchasing agreement that designates the SSCC as its purchasing agent, agreeing to abide by and fulfill the…

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