Animal Welfare Approved Program Lauded by the World Society for the Protection of Animals

July 1, 2008 on 5:47 pm | By Beth in Food Labels 2 Comments

According to the WSPA, “This program [Animal Welfare Approved] currently has the most stringent animal welfare standards and includes certain animals not covered by other programs, such as rabbits and ducks. Animal Welfare Approved requires that all animals have regular access to the outdoors and prohibits physical mutilations like debeaking of hens and tail docking of pigs. This program also requires that producers be family farmers and does not allow producers that have dual humane and factory-farming operations to participate.”

WSPA has just released a new survey of almost 200 individual grocery stores throughout the U.S. to assess the availability of animal friendly foods on their shelves. Find out how your favorite store ranked in its report, available for download on the WSPA website.

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I really appreciate this program and such a spiritual work because they are not able to speak to us for help and one who can work for them is a good man or a good society.
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brus
Addiction Recovery Mississippi

Comment by brus nadal — July 17, 2008 #
This program is very helpful for animals. Those people who are participating in these types of programs I appreciate them with my heart.
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catherine smith
Addiction Recovery North Dakota

Comment by catherine smith — July 21, 2008 #

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