IHOP's Excuses: Scrambled |
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October 23, 2009
In response to consumer emails asking IHOP to start switching to cage-free eggs, the company is responding with the following statement:
Numerous reports demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of housing systems, and you can read more here. (http://www.laywel.eu/).
It's ironic that IHOP cites the LayWel Project when defending its exclusive use of eggs from caged hens because, as IHOP knows, the LayWel Project concluded that, "With the exception of conventional cages… all systems have the potential to provide satisfactory welfare for laying hens." In other words, the study found that the source from which IHOP obtains all of its eggs simply cannot provide satisfactory welfare for the birds.
The LayWel Project is the most comprehensive scientific review of hen welfare to date, and its conclusion proves what common sense already tells us: it's cruel to confine animals in cages so small they can barely move.
IHOP further states:
Like more than 95% of all restaurants, we do not currently source eggs from cage-free sources.
IHOP's 95 percent figure is based on all restaurants—including single-location "mom-and-pop" restaurants. With more than 1,400 restaurants, IHOP has a similar level of responsibility as other national restaurant chains—many of which (e.g. Denny's, Burger King, Wendy's, Red Robin, Quiznos, Carl's Jr., and Hardee's ) are now using some cage-free eggs.
IHOP should stop making misleading statements and join its competitors in switching some of its eggs to cage-free.
What You Can Do
Please call IHOP right now at 1-866-444-5144 and urge the company to follow its competitors' lead and move away from battery cage eggs.
Then follow up your call with a quick email.
Related Links
Take a Bite Out of IHOP’s Animal Cruelty
We Rebut IHOP’s Cracked Defense of Battery-Cage Cruelty
The HSUS's Campaign to Ban Battery Cages
