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Walmart announces stricter animal welfare policy

walmat storeWalmart has announced stricter guidelines around animal welfare and the use of antibiotics in farm animals.

The new policy calls for the elimination of gestation stalls in pork production and battery cages in egg production. The guidelines also call for antibiotics to be used only when medically necessary, with oversight of a veterinarian, and eliminating the use of antibiotics to promote growth in animals.

Walmart did not give a specific timeline for the implementation of those policy changes.

It’s the first time the giant retailer has established official positions on those issues.  The announcement was praised by the Humane Society of the United States.  HSUS president Wayne Pacelle calls it “game-changing progress” and says it “signals to agribusiness that the era of confining farm animals is ending”.

 

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