ANNOUNCEMENTS:

 

 

On 20th September, Wyndham Destinations and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts both published a strong global cage-free commitment online following a public campaign by the Open Wing Alliance, a coalition of 70 major animal protection organisations.

In these policies, Wyndham Destinations and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts commit to sourcing 100% cage-free eggs and egg products for every single one of their locations worldwide by 2025. They promise to provide annual progress reporting to ensure they meet their deadline and will translate their commitment and progress into multiple languages.

Read more here.

 

After 43 days of campaigning,  Best Western published a strong global cage-free commitment online stating that they are committed to sourcing 100 percent of their eggs (shell, liquid, and egg products) globally from cage-free sources for Best Western Hotels & Resorts’ entire portfolio by the end of 2025.

 

On 9th May, SAFCEI joined 62 major animal protection organisations from around the world to celebrate the overnight success of a global campaign calling on hospitality group, Hilton Worldwide (Hilton) to follow the industry standard and commit to sourcing 100% cage-free eggs worldwide. The campaign – which launched on Wednesday 8 May – also targeted Best Western International Inc. (Best Western) simultaneously, in a bid to end the abuse of chickens worldwide. However, only Hilton has responded to the campaign thus far.

Read about the campaign here.

 

In less than 48 hours of the Open Wing Alliance campaign launch, Marriott Hotels, the worlds *largest* hotel group, has committed to dropping battery cages for egg-laying hens WORLDWIDE!

See Marriott International’s public commitment here.

 

Read the press release here.

 

Listen to The Money Show clip below to hear Darren Hele’s interview with Bruce Whitfield.

Look out on Famous Brands website and social media platforms to track their commitment. 

 

ABOUT THE CAGE-FREE EGGS CAMPAIGN

 

Making cages a thing of the past

The road we’ve travelled so far

In 2016, the South African Poultry Association reported that 80 million hens produced eggs – 96.4% in cages and 3.6% in barns and free-range systems.
On 14th November 2016, McDonald’s South Africa announced that it would implement a cage-free policy when it came to sourcing their eggs, and transition to a 100% cage-free supply chain by 2025. This comes after continued efforts of SAFCEI and other animal welfare organisations to engage McDonald’s South Africa on this.

Frank Molteno SAFCEI chairperson and volunteer said:

“SAFCEI welcomes McDonald’s announcement with thankfulness. We congratulate McDonald’s on realising that this is the way of the future as more and more people of faith grasp that compassion can know no bounds because we all – all creatures – have the same source.”

At the same time, we are mindful of the terror, pain and suffering of the hens who will continue to lay McDonald’s’ eggs over the next 8 or 9 years as per McDonald’s’ timeline. Having ‘under-promised’ on the pace at which they can make the transition to cage-free eggs, we encourage McDonald’s to ‘over-deliver’ and beat their target of 2025 by as many years as possible.”

Globally, cage-free pledges from around 100 companies are going to spare about 60 million hens annually from battery cage confinement, and we are committed to saving more.

We wouldn’t be able to help build this movement for animals without the help of dedicated activists like our Fast Action Network (FAN). The FAN is a group of dedicated online activists who spend only a few minutes of their time each week, to help SAFCEI campaign for the welfare of animals.

PRESS

 

South African Poultry Association (SAPA) 3^rd Quarter report of 2018

iAfrica – 5 November 2018

Farmer’s Weekly – 2 November

IOL & Cape Argus – 28 September 2018

Citizen – 28 September 2018

GroundUp – 27 September 2018