McDonalds response

I think its all bullsh*t..they will never do it because it will cost them more money..and they are all money hungry bast*rds

It looks like the same letter! What does that tell us?

I don't believe it for a second. They are just telling you what you want to hear. It's the same with all of the cruel companies, they're all working on improving their animal welfare standards, yet nothing's actually changing. Contact any company who test on animals, sell animal products or farm animals. The responses are all pretty much the same, false promises.

I worded mine quite lightly. I try to avoid attacking language when emailing people about animal welfare issues. I don't want to give people that care about animals a bad impression and I know that people become very defensive when attacked and are more likely to send you a generic answer.

What I got from my communication with McDonalds was that they are really not interested in animal welfare, as their customers do not care and will continue to buy their products no matter where they come from. They seemed to only be concerned with animal welfare so far as to protect their appearance. Of course, in saying that I do really hope that they do demand better welfare products.

Does anyone know how to get to McDonald's "contact us' page? It's just making me go through countless pointless links.  

Never mind.  

I just contacted McDonalds. I may have gotten a little bit strong-worded near the end.

I got my response, and it has a little more information but I don't believe any of it. The "animal welfare page" they are directing me to doesn't even exist.

Hello Kelsey:


Thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's to share your opinions with us regarding the welfare of animals. We appreciate the opportunity to direct you to an area within our web site that contains more information regarding this issue.

First, we want you to know that at McDonald's we care about the welfare of animals. We recognize that our responsibility as a purchaser of food includes working with our suppliers to ensure good animal handling practices.

If you visit our web site (www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/info/welfare/welfare.html), you will find more information about our relationships with our suppliers, our animal welfare programs, and our work with experts in the field of livestock handling and behavior. Lastly, for additional information on this subject, through our web site, you may want to link to the sites of the American Meat Institute Animal Welfare Kit, www.grandin.com, and the press release from the American Meat Institute Foundation.

Again, thank you for contacting McDonald's. We appreciate this opportunity to share this information with you.


Caroline
McDonald's Customer Response Center


I still don't believe them.