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Caged Humans Ask Lunardi's Supermarket to Oppose Cruel Farming Practices

 

Belmont, Calif.-- A life-size chicken cage--confining humans instead of

birds--will be on display at Lunardi's Supermarket as East Bay Animal

Advocates (EBAA) asks the Bay Area-based grocery chain to stop selling

eggs from chickens raised in overcrowded, wire cages (known as battery

cages):

 

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Time: Noon - 1:30 PM

Location: 1085 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont

 

As a high-end grocery chain, Lunardi's proclaims its purported

commitment to excellence: " We can explain our prices, but we don't ever

want to have to justify our quality. " However, EBAA documented shocking

conditions at Lunardi's egg suppliers. Citing concerns over animal

care, EBAA revealed its findings of intensive animal confinement to

President Paul Lunardi in September 2006. Despite continual public

outcry over animal welfare and product quality, Lunardi's refuses to

enact an exclusive cage-free egg policy.

 

Last month, Rainbow Grocery became the first San Francisco-based

retailer to oppose cruel egg industry practices. Lunardi's Supermarket

is the lead competitor of Andronico's Market, which stopped selling

eggs from caged chickens in October 2006. Both Rainbow Grocery and

Andronico's Market have joined a growing national network of cities,

educational institutions, farmers, and retailers that oppose the

intensive confinement of laying hens -- a notoriously cruel yet common

egg industry practice.

 

Each year over 19 million egg-laying hens in California are raised in

concentrated confinement to produce eggs for consumers. According to

the California Poultry Workgroup, the vast majority of egg-layers in

California are confined to tiny cages. Each bird is limited to less

than 67 square inches of space for her entire life.

 

East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA) is an animal protection non-profit

organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. California is home to

one of the most industrious and concentrated animal agriculture areas in

the world. Through consumer education, corporate outreach, direct aid

and legal research, EBAA analyzes the impact of the California

agricultural industry on animals, humans and the environment.

 

For more information: http://www.LunardisAbuse.com

 

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