The Texas Farm Bureau Applauds Domino's Support for Gestation Crates

[douglas9]

Confining sows in small gestation crates has come under great scrutiny lately. Major companies like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and most recently the nation's second largest grocery chain, Safeway, have announced a phase-out of pork supplied by farms that use gestation crates.


However, recently Domino's Pizza shareholders rejected a resolution suggested by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for a ban.

The HSUS dabbling in the pig business drew the ire of the Texas Farm Bureau publications director, Mike Barnett, who posted a letter on the bureau blog praising Domino's for "showing some backbone to the animal rights activist group," while others "caved to their demands, fearing HSUS will stir public outcry and reprisal if they don't."

Matthew Prescott, policy director for the HSUS, doesn't see it that way: "It's not surprising to me that a group that is consistently in the same position on this issue would grasp at straws in order to make itself seem like it might be in a better position than it actually is."

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2012/05/texas_farm_bureau.php

[leveymg]

1. Basically, if it's already born, Domino's wants it crated up, and constantly putting on weight.

That particularly applies to Domino's customers. . .