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{{hangon|Notable organization, which has several articles about the organization, most recently the Associated Press, nationwide coverage, repeatedly, 25,000 members. Nominator has confused this article with a band, using <nowiki>for bands, {{db-club}}</nowiki> In addition, db-club is "This criterion applies only to articles about web content and to articles about people, organizations, and individual animals themselves, not to articles about their books, albums, software, or other creative works." which this organization is none of the above. }} |
{{hangon|Notable organization, which has several articles about the organization, most recently the Associated Press, nationwide coverage, repeatedly, 25,000 members. Nominator has confused this article with a band, using <nowiki>for bands, {{db-club}}</nowiki> In addition, db-club is "This criterion applies only to articles about web content and to articles about people, organizations, and individual animals themselves, not to articles about their books, albums, software, or other creative works." which this organization is none of the above. }} |
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{{hangon|Google news shows it listed 540 times in the news, so proving its notable is simple enough. On the regular Google search itself there are 40,100 hits.}} |
{{hangon|Google news shows it listed 540 times in the news, so proving its notable is simple enough. On the regular Google search itself there are 40,100 hits.}} |
Revision as of 02:11, 3 September 2009
Template:Hangon Template:Hangon Mercy for Animals is a Chicago-based national animal protection organization. Nathan Runkle is the group's executive director.[1]
On August 31, 2009 the Associated Press released an undercover video showing footage shot by Mercy for Animals in a hatchery owned by Hy-Line North America, a company based in West Des Moines. The video shows workers throwing male chickens alive into a grinding machine. Hy-Line say that what the company calls "instantaneous euthanasia" is a standard practice, reportedly supported by the veterinary and scientific community.[2]
Mercy for Animals sent letters to 50 largest grocery store chains in the U.S., including Walmart, Whole Foods, Safeway, Harris Teeter, and Trader Joe's, asking them to post a label on egg cartons, saying, "Warning: Male chicks are ground-up alive by the egg industry." A spokesman for United Egg Producers, a trade group for U.S. egg farmers, called the proposal, "almost a joke."[2] Mercy for Animals estimates that 200 million male chicks are killed a year, a figure confirmed by United Egg Producers.[2]
Notes
- ^ Boshart, Rob (September 01, 2009). "Hidden camera allegedly catches [[Iowa]] workers abusing animals". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
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(help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ a b c "Video shows chicks ground up alive at egg hatchery". Associated Press. September 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-03.