Dear Clean Food Earth Woman,
I
love pizza -- double pepperoni with cheese from Domino's used to be a
guilty pleasure when a craving struck. But since I found out Domino's buys meat from factory farms that abuse pigs before they become pepperoni, I haven’t been able to touch a slice.
On these farms,
pregnant pigs spend their lives trapped in stalls barely bigger than
their bodies, called "gestation crates." They can’t even turn around.
Soon after they give birth, they’re re-impregnated. And once their
bodies can’t physically endure the constant pregnancies and confinement
any longer, they’re killed.
While other
major brands like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King have all promised
to phase out these cruel practices, Domino’s is continuing to profit
from this horrific suffering. So I started a petition on Change.org asking Domino’s to stop buying meat from factory farms that use gestation crates. Will you join me?
I hadn’t
realized what tortured lives these animals lead -- until the Humane
Society of the United States released an undercover video of abuse at
factory farm just a few days ago. The pigs are treated like nothing more
than production units, and video footage of piglets being physically abused actually made me feel ill. I couldn’t even get to the end.
Domino’s can take an incredibly simple step to help eliminate this sort of cruelty. It’s the second largest pizza chain in the world, and eliminating gestation crates will set an incredibly powerful example. Even
better, as a huge company buying literally tons of food, if Domino’s
changes its practices to stop buying meat from abused animals, others
will be forced to follow.
Public pressure
has already convinced major brands like McDonald’s and Wendy’s to do the
right thing, and I know that if Domino’s hears from thousands of its
own consumers, it will have to follow their lead.
Thanks for your support,
Rina Khadivi
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