McDonald's, there is a billionaire investor who wants to save pregnant sows locked in tiny cages

McDonald's, there is a billionaire investor who wants to save pregnant sows locked in tiny cages

Carl Icahn, a major McDonald's shareholder, defends the welfare of the sows, asking the multinational to stop the cruel practice of "gestation cages"

Back in 2012 McDonald's had announced that it would phase out - within 10 years - the use of so-called "Gestation cages" for sows in the farms where it is supplied. But to this day this cruelty is still practiced, the promise has been broken. And this situation does not go down well with Carl Icahn, a well-known billionaire investor active in the fast-food giant. Just in these days Icahn has decided to launch a battle in favor of animal welfare, asking McDonald's suppliers not to lock pregnant sows in tiny cages anymore.





The investor has announced that he is no longer willing to accept this excruciating suffering caused to animals.

I think there is a way I can be really useful - he said in an interview with Bloomerg -. This is a simply awful situation. It's obscene. You have these companies that make all this money and animals they are simply suffering for no reason. You have to keep your promise.

In addition, Icahn - which owns 200 shares, equivalent to approximately $ 50.000 - has decided to appoint two supervisors, Leslie Samuelrich (President of Green century Capital Management) and Maisie Ganzler (Chief strategy office of Bon Appetit Management) who will be in charge of evaluate the question concerning the processing of the pigs.

McDonald's in 2012, working with Carl Icahn and the Humane Society of the US, is committed to eliminating gestation cages - said Josh Balk, vice president of farm animal protection at the Humane Society USA - Instead, they are allowing producers to pig to still confine pregnant sows for six of the 16 weeks of their pregnancy.

The cruelty of gestation cages

Gestation cages are a source of terrible pain and stress for pregnant sows, who are restricted in any movement. Locked in these cramped cages, sows cannot express their natural behaviors, such as nesting to prepare for farrowing. All this leads them to frustration and often to be aggressive then also towards the little ones, since they often continue to remain prisoners even after giving birth.

Will McDonald's really make a big effort to change things thanks to the fuss raised? We hope so and that for the fast food giant it can be a first important step in favor of the protection of animal welfare.



Fonti: Bloomerg/The Wall Street Journal 


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