Shake Shack issued a new animal-welfare policy, which states that the company is encouraging its “suppliers to use selective breeding of dairy cows to eliminate the need of dehorning.” Most cows in the dairy industry are dehorned, a painful process that involves, among other cruel methods, jamming searing-hot irons into their heads in order to destroy the tissue that would otherwise develop into horns.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
