Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

As of this time, all Trader Joe's brand eggs come only from cage-free hens. Any conventional eggs sold in our stores are in a brand name carton, not under the Trader Joe's label. They are debeaked because that is necessary to keep them from injuring each other." But are they really free-range eggs?

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Eggs Debeaking Cage Free Humane 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Since chickens of the strain raised for meat production aren't typically raised in cages, the label "free roaming chicken" can legally be applied to chickens that were painfully debeaked and then permanently confined in an overcrowded shed with 100,000 other chickens each of whom had 7/10 of a square foot of floor space.

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Factory Gestation Crates Veal Crate Factory Farm 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia. The noxious fumes from the accumulated urine and feces cause lung problems in many of the animals.

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Vegetarian Lacto-Ovo Meat Ethics 40