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Walmart singles out the confinement of sows in gestation crates, hens in battery cages, and calves in veal crates as practices that must end. Photo by Jason Mann/iStockphoto This morning, Walmart, one of the world’s biggest companies – and the nation’s biggest food seller by a long shot – announced it has adopted the “five freedoms” principles for farm animals, effectively renouncing the use of extreme confinement and other abusive practices in animal agriculture, and signaling an extraordinary change in agriculture in America. Precisely because it’s Walmart, this is the most definitive statement yet that the era of confining farm animals in cages will come to an end. We applaud the company for adopting a comprehensive animal welfare policy, which comes on the heels of dozens of other declarations and pledges from other major food retailers against gestation crates, battery cages, and tail docking of dairy cows. Walmart is calling on its suppliers to, among other actions, work toward ensuring that animals: 1) are raised in ways that allow them to engage in natural behaviors, including having sufficient space and socialization with other members of their species, 2) be provided more comfortable living conditions, 3) are free from painful mutilations 4) be spared mental discomfort or distress, and 5) be given ready access to water and feed. 

These changes, so grounded in common sense, would nonetheless herald major improvements over how much of agribusiness currently treats animals. With these principles in mind, Walmart singles out the confinement of hens in battery cages, sows in gestation crates, and calves in veal crates as practices that must end. Walmart is also working with its suppliers to address the welfare issues surrounding painful mutilations like tail docking, dehorning, castration, and to move to slaughter systems that don’t cause as much pain.fish tank led bubble wall This policy applies for all of Walmart’s U.S. operations and includes its subsidiary Sam’s Club. small fish tank algae eaterWith the company capturing a staggering 25 percent of the grocery market, there’s no greater agent of change within our country’s food system.small fish tank target

As Walmart says, this announcement is part of its pledge to continually improve farm animal welfare. In other words: it’s a first step—and like all first steps, there’s room for more. For example, Walmart doesn’t yet have timelines for getting animals out of cages, or for achieving its commitments on other welfare issues—something we hope to solve with the company. Timelines aside, this announcement helps create an economy where no agribusiness company—for business reasons alone—should ever again install a new battery cage, gestation crate, or veal crate. fish tank online peliculaWalmart is helping drive the transition away from immobilizing cages and other inhumane practices, and toward a more humane, more sustainable approach to production agriculture.fish tank external filters sale

This is an unstoppable trend, and that was the trajectory even before Walmart made the announcement. The company’s embrace of a more ethical framework for the treatment of all farm animals serves as perhaps the most powerful catalyst for change throughout animal agriculture. We still have a long way to go – not just working with Walmart during the implementation of this policy. There’s also convincing states to put basic standards in the law, the few corporations that have made no commitments to catch up, and consumers to eat more consciously. fish tank on demandBut this will be a day long remembered – a remarkable inflection point in our movement and a marker in the demise of an industrial system of production that treats living creatures as little more than meat-, milk-, and egg-producing machines. We appreciate the relationship we’ve built with Walmart and we’re eager to lend our voice as the company continues down this journey of creating a better, more humane food system.

Support the work of The HSUS’ Farm Animal Protection campaign » Farm Animals, Humane EconomyIt's amazing what a little love can do to turn things around for animals in distress. Just ask Katie L. and her pet betta fish.Last year, Katie was at her local big box pet store picking up food for her dog when she decided to stop by and look at the fish they had for sale. That's when she noticed, in one of the little cups on display, a lifeless-looking fish floating at the top of the water."I genuinely thought the fish was dead, so I decided to pick up the cup and take it to the front so they could dispose of it," Katie told The Dodo. "Then something slammed against my hand. I looked, and the fish was flailing around at the top of the water, as if to say, 'I'm not dead yet!'"After speaking to the store manager to complain about how they let the fish get to that point, Katie was told that she could take him, free of charge. "If he's going to die, at least it will be in clean water," Katie recalls telling the manager.

"I didn't think he was going to make it, but I just didn't want him to die in a tiny cup. I brought him home and put him in this plastic tank I have. I had some medicine from other fish I've had and put it in there. I remember thinking, 'It's probably hopeless, but it couldn't hurt to try.'"And it's a good thing she did.Katie had originally named her new pet Sadfish, but under her care, it wasn't long before he began to show signs of recovery — pulling back from the brink of death."He was sideways, floating at the top of the water when I got him," she said. "But after two days, he managed to right himself. It still took him about four days before he was willing to eat anything. But slowly, his fins started growing back, and he gained the ability to control where he was swimming."Amazingly, in a little over a week, Sadfish was already virtually unrecognizable from his former self. "He bounced back really quickly," said Katie. "After ten days, I put him into a ten gallon tank, and that's when he really started thriving.

That was really cool.""He turned from this dark, gross brown, to a vibrant red over time," Katie said.With that, it was time to give Sadfish a more fitting name. Given his remarkable comeback, like the mythical bird rising from the ashes, Katie decided to call him Phoenix.By day 22, Phoenix was truly living up to his new moniker, especially as he continued to grow and grow."He turned out to have huge fins, much larger than I thought they would be," said Katie. "His fins had been just that rotted away at the start." Soon enough, Phoenix reached his final form — and it's totally stunning."Whenever I come up to Phoenix's tank, he's always dancing," Katie said. "He's got a lot personality for a little fish. He knows he looks good."While betta fish are probably some of the least expensive animals for sale as pets, Katie says Phoenix's story proves that shouldn't mean their lives are of little value. "Everyone thinks these fish are disposable pets, but if kept properly they can live for five to seven years," she said.