HSUS TARGETS IHOP
AMI MOORE
WWW.CHICAGODOGCOACH.COM
NCRAOA reported in last month's newsletter about the new HSUS campaign
against IHOP:
HSUS begins IHOP intimidation campaign
According to Wayne Pacelle: Sometimes, our attempts at positive dialogue
with a company break down and our last resort is a public campaign. While we
always prefer to work cooperatively with businesses, on occasion even years
of dialogue can yield no benefit for animals and it becomes necessary to
publicly call on a company to do the right thing. That's why today we're
launching a national campaign urging IHOP to start switching some of its
eggs away from battery cage confinement to cage-free--a modest step that
many of the company's competitors have already taken. Despite more than two
years of private discussions, IHOP refuses to change the fact that all of
the eggs it uses come from hens confined in cages. HSUS set up the anti-IHOP
campaign on their website urging viewers to call IHOP corporate headquarters
and demand they begin using cage free eggs. HSUS continues by saying that
since Prop2 passed in California (corporate home of IHOP), IHOP's refusal to
use cage free eggs is violating the will of the people. United Egg Producers
maintain that well-run, clean modern cage housing systems have many benefits
for hens as well as consumers. Hens in modern cages also are protected from
many of the manure-borne diseases and parasites that affect free range hens.
Researchers have discovered that free range hens experience just as much or
more stress than hens raised in modern, conventional cages. Mortality rate
in a floor (cage-free) environment can be double, nearly triple the rate in
a caged housing system.
NOTE: In 2009, IHOP National Pancake Day raised $1.3 million for children's
charities and another that since beginning its National Pancake Day
Celebration in 2006, the IHOP system has raised more than $3.25 million to
support charities in the communities in which IHOP operates.
Today, HSUS announced the rest of the assault against IHOP and its parent
company DineEquity filing claims against them with FEC and SEC.
PRESS RELEASE: (Oct. 14, 2009)-Today, The Humane Society of the United
States filed complaints with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
Federal Trade Commission regarding false and misleading statements IHOP, and
its parent company DineEquity, Inc. (DineEquity), are making on IHOP's and
DineEquity's Web sites regarding animal cruelty in IHOP's supply chain.
"The only thing more jarring than IHOP's false statements is the amount of
animal cruelty in its supply chain," stated Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO
of The HSUS. "It's time for IHOP to follow the lead of its competitors and
start purchasing and selling cage-free eggs."
Last month, The HSUS launched a national campaign publicly urging IHOP to
move away from exclusively purchasing eggs from hens confined in cages-a
modest step that many of the company's competitors (including Denny's,
Burger King and Wendy's) have already taken.
In the first few days of the campaign, tens of thousands of people urged the
company to move away from only purchasing eggs from caged hens. In response,
IHOP issued a statement making-as The HSUS' complaints contend-false and
misleading statements to the public regarding the way animals in its supply
chain are treated, including that its food is "cruelty free."
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