Person · Director of Animal Welfare Initiatives · Mercy For Animals
“these chickens were marketed to Costco shoppers as 'certified organic'”
The investigator documented no outdoor access, biosecurity failures, and organic-standard violations at the farm, none of which USDA organic certification is supposed to allow.
In the brief: Mercy For Animals finds baby chicks buried alive at a Costco chicken supplier → Mercy For Animals →
“Two massive barn fires in Canada have claimed the lives of at least 47,000 pigs and chickens”
Mercy For Animals
The 27,000-chicken and 20,000-pig counts trace to separate CTV News and CBC News reports on the individual fires; the combined total and "the price of factory farming" framing are the advocacy group's own.
In the brief: Two Canadian barn fires kill an estimated 47,000 chickens and pigs → Mercy For Animals →
“Force-feeding has been banned in Switzerland for decades because of animal welfare concerns”
Mercy For Animals
Confirmed by the country's existing ban; the new labeling rule targets foie gras still sold there that's imported from producers abroad who force-feed birds.
In the brief: Switzerland mandates labels for animal products from painful procedures → Mercy For Animals →
“Ten years of promises should have meant progress, not excuses”
Maha Bazzi, Director of Animal Welfare Initiatives, Mercy For Animals
The 21% figure derives from self-reported company data compiled by Mercy For Animals, not a regulatory audit.
In the brief: Canada's Cage-Free Gap, One Decade On → vegconomist the vegan business magazine →
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