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Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling both criticized Costco Wholesale Corporation for caging its chickens.
Gosling was first to express his embarrasment by sending an angry letter to the company, ET reported. The "Crazy, Stupid, Love" actor pointed out that his friends at The Humane Society of the United States discovered that Costco has been mistreating its egg-laying hens.
"Video footage revealed abhorrent cruelty including rows upon rows of birds confined in fifth-laden cages with the mummified corpses of their cage-mates eating, sleeping, defecating, and laying eggs on top of dead birds," Gosling said.
The actor even criticized Costco for deceiving people, because the company portrays the birds as living in the green pasture on the graphic labels of their carton. Gosling called out the company to stop caging chickens like they did with veal calves and pigs.
Pitt supported Gosling's fight against Costco by also writing a letter of his own to fight for the welfare of egg-laying hens. The "Fury" star sent a message to Craig Jelinek, chief executive officer of Costco, pointing out that due to the immobilization of hens on the cruel cages, it would cause muscles and bones atrophy, this resulted to banning of cages in most part of Europe and and California.
The actor goes on to say that the cramming of hens to cages for their entire lives should be considered animal cruelty. Pitt encouraged Costco to follow the steps of Burger King and Unilever in freeing hens from cages.
Comedian, Bill Maher even wrote an editorial at The New York Times to support the rally for freeing the caged chickens. Maher explained that battery cages torment animals. The size of a battery cage is only 9 inches by 9 inces and the hen is crammed along with four or more hens for the rest of their lives.
Maher added that birds can compare comparably to dogs on scientfic animal test and said cramming dogs and cats in to tiny cages would result in animal abuse but if it is about hen, it is considered business as usual.
Back in 2007, Costco said that it plans to move toward cage-free eggs but has pondered whether it is better to let chickens free from cage or to stick to their process. The company released a statement earlier in June saying that there have been strong debates considering the welfare of animals and laying hens, Associated Press reported.
Costco said that there are some advocates such as the Humane Society who wants cage-free chickens but other advocates said hens are safer in cage.
