Hi there,
This year, The Humane League celebrates two decades since our founding in 2005—and two decades of incredible progress for farmed animals.
Whew. The days are jam-packed, but the years (and decades!) fly by. And this fight is bigger than any year that goes by. It’s bigger than you and me. It’s a fight to make history, a fight to change the world.
I want to take a moment to step back, zoom out, and take the long view of our decades-long fight for animals—and to explain why 2025 will be our most important year yet.
We believe ending the abuse of animals raised for food starts with ending cages.
Chickens are by far the most populous animals in our food system—and the most abused. And looking at the horrific forms of cruelty they endure, one invention comes to the forefront: the battery cage.
I truly believe we will look back on the battery cage as the cruelest thing humans have ever inflicted on animals. Hens spend their entire lives hunched in a tiny cage, standing on wire bars, never even opening their wings. Unable to engage in their most basic behaviors—barely able to move—their bones weaken and break, their curious personalities fade into listless despair. Abuse is all they ever know.
These cages were once ubiquitous on egg farms. Until animal advocates got involved.
In the last decade, people like you have spared over 100 million hens from cages in the US alone.
This is what focused, strategic pressure achieves. Together, we are proving that sweeping industry change is possible. And we’re proving that pressuring corporations to change their ways is a highly effective strategy. Ending cages is our blueprint for ending the abuse of all animals raised for food.
This is where the real test begins—and why we need you more than ever.
Among all the corporations that have promised to end cages, the vast majority have said they would be cage-free by 2025. The deadline is here, and the moment is now.
Corporations are crossing their fingers that we won’t be paying attention. They’ll try to wriggle out of the cage-free commitments they made. If we let them, they will condemn millions of hens to a life of extreme misery. This is the moment to press harder, not ease up, and end cages for good.
Although this fight is bigger than you or me, it starts with you and me. It starts right here, right now. With every message you send to a corporation trying to get away with animal abuse.
Thank you for being the change you wish to see in the world. ❤️
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Michelle Strickland-Kucerak
Senior Leadership Team |
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