'You're already eliminating cages for veal calves and pigs don't you feel that chickens also deserve the same mercy?' Ryan wrote after watching a clip showing cruelty at one of Costco's egg suppliers.
- Jun 23, 2015
AceShowbiz - Ryan Gosling sent an open letter to Costco's CEO Craig Jelinek on Tuesday, June 23 urging the retail company to stop selling eggs from caged chicken. The letter was written apparently after the actor watched the Humane Society of the United States' undercover video showing cruel condition at one of the chain's egg suppliers.
"Video footage revealed abhorrent cruelty including rows and rows of birds confined in filth-laden cages with the mummified corpses of their cage mates - eating, sleeping, defecating, and laying eggs on top of dead birds - and hens' wings, legs, and necks trapped in the corroded wires of their battery cages," so Ryan wrote.
The "Lost River" director later called out Costco for its "deceptive" labeling. "It is appalling that Costco has been selling these eggs with deceptive labeling on cartons featuring graphics of birds living out in a green pasture," he pointed out. "You're already eliminating cages for veal calves and pigs don't you feel that chickens also deserve the same mercy?"
At the end of the letter, Ryan urged Costco to go cage-free. "So many corporations are meeting public demand for more humane products and transparency in the food chain," he concluded. "I sincerely hope that Costco will set plans now to go completely cage-free for its eggs."
So far, there haven't been any comments from Costco regarding Ryan's letter.
