PUNE: As many as 2,000 consumers have taken to the social media to join Pune-based animal protection organisation, Animal Equality, demanding that McDonald's stop procuring eggs from caged hens. They want the multinational to opt for eggs from cage-free hens.
The consumers signed an Animal Equality petition for better treatment of hens. "Consumers also took selfies holding signs saying 'No more cages', urging McDonald's to ban cages. Their company leaders were sent emails requesting better treatment of the birds," Amruta Ubale, executive director of Animal Equality, said.
Ubale said hens in the factory farms are restricted in small wire cages. "They cannot spread their wings and are deprived of the freedom to express natural behaviour while the wire floor of the cage causes their feet to become sore, cracked, deformed, and bloody," she added.
In a response to an e-mail sent by TOI, 'a statement from McDonald's India - West & South said' said, " The transition to cage-free eggs requires the collaboration of industry bodies, governments, supply partners and local farms to establish a sustainable solution in India, one that achieves both local regulatory requirements and McDonald's high standards of food safety and animal health and welfare."
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