Mercy For Animals Canada’s latest investigation into the cruel Canadian egg industry has revealed shocking systemic abuse that has gripped the nation.
Hidden-camera video shot at two factory farms in Alberta–Creekside Grove Farms and Kuku Farms–exposes thousands of hens crammed into barren battery cages with no room to even stretch their wings, trapped and injured chickens left to suffer without veterinary care, dead hens left in cages with live hens, and chicks having their heads smashed and being thrown into garbage bags to suffocate or into incinerators to be burned alive.
The disturbing footage first aired on CTV’s “W5.” The hard-hitting episode not only revealed the egg industry’s cruel practices but served as a scathing indictment against the evasive body that governs the egg industry. Following CTV’s broadcast, print, television and radio media from across the country picked up the story. Here is just some of that coverage:
- Group Alleges Animal Cruelty at 2 Alberta Chicken Farms – CTV News
- McDonald’s Supplier Drops 2 Egg Farms Accused of Cruelty – CBC News
- ‘Shocking’ Animal-Abuse Video to be Released Monday – The Province
- Shocking Graphic Video of Animal Cruelty at McDonald Canada’s Supplier Farm – International Business Times
- Group Wants McDonald’s to Step into Egg Issue; Draw Attention to Cruel Farming – The Canadian Press
- Investigation Launched into Treatment of Chickens at 2 Alberta Farms – City News Toronto
- Video of Abused Chickens of Alberta Farms Prompts Outcry – Beacon News
- Two Canadian Hatcheries Accused of Animal Cruelty After Undercover Video Released – The National Provisioner
- Cruelty is a Key Ingredient in Egg McMuffins, Video Claims – The Bulletin
- Animal Welfare Group to Unveil Moving Video of Alberta Egg Factory Farm – Oye! Times
- Animal Welfare Group to Release ‘Shocking’ Video From Alberta Egg Factory Farm – The Canadian Press
- Investigation Reveals Cruelty on Canadian Egg Farm – VegNews
- McDonald’s Denies Eggs Come From Farms Accused of Cruelty – The Canadian Press
- Undercover Video Taken at Two Canadian Chicken Farms – Meat & Poultry
- McDonald’s Fights Back Against Claims it Gets its Eggs From Farms Accused of Cruelty Towards Hens – News1130
- Egg Farmers of Canada Speaks Out Against Undercover Video – Farms.com
- Morinville Egg Producer Accused of Animal Cruelty Has Cleaned Up Its Act, Industry Says – Edmonton Journal
- Undercover Video Shows ‘Shocking’ Cruelty at Alberta Chicken Farm – Digital Journal
- Letters to the Editor – Edmonton Journal
- No McDonald’s Eggs Come From Alberta – Canada.com
- EggMcMisery for McDonald’s Over W5 Expose on Battery Cage Laying Hen Practices in Canada – Cornwall Free News
- Egg Farm Practices Investigated After Video Surfaces – CBC News
- Chicken Farm Expose Has a Positive Side – Hamilton Spectator
- Robyn Urback: Footage of ‘Animal Cruelty’ on Alberta Farms is Disturbing, but Not Surprising – National Post
Although unconscionably cruel, it is standard egg industry practice to cram hens into wire cages so small each bird has less space than the size of a sheet of notebook paper to live her entire life. Confining hens in barren battery cages is widely regarded as one of the most inhumane factory farming practices in existence. In fact, battery cages are so cruel they have been banned in the entire European Union, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the states of California and Michigan.
Kuku Farms is a major supplier of eggs to Burnbrae Farms–McDonald’s Canada’s exclusive egg provider. As the largest fast-food purchaser of eggs in Canada, McDonald’s Canada has the power and ethical responsibility to ensure that eggs used in its Egg McMuffins do not come from hens who were subjected to a lifetime of intensive confinement in barren battery cages.
Visit EggMcMisery.ca to sign the petition and learn how you can help the hens.
