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. ( NY Times)
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Fast Food Chain Makes Animal Slaughter More Palatable
Category: Food&Drink
Posted on: March 28, 2007 1:05 PM, by EJGili
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PETA is not an Animal Welfare organization, it is an Animal Rights organizaton - a completely different thing (which has all to do with politics, and nothing with animals).
Posted by: coturnix | March 28, 2007 02:04 PM