gestation crates

  • Green Century Animal Welfare Proposal Draws 19% Support from Darden Shareholders

    Boston, September 20, 2024 – A proposal filed by Green Century asking Darden Restaurants, Inc. to eliminate the use of gestation crates received 19.3% of the votes cast at the company’s annual meeting on Sept. 18. The use of gestation crates, which confine pregnant sows for weeks or months at a time, is widely considered…

  • STATEMENT: Domino’s Pizza Supports Humane Pork Production

    Boston, April 23, 2024 – Following the submission of a Green Century shareholder proposal, Domino’s Pizza announced its opposition to  the confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates and supports housing them in open groups instead. “The Company supports the humane treatment of animals and will continue to exert the influence we have with the U.S.…