MedicalConspiracies- Ryan Gosling just put Costco on notice for breaking a big animal cruelty promise.

 

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Ryan Gosling just put Costco on notice for breaking a big animal cruelty promise.

By Eric March

And he wants them to keep their word.

Ryan Gosling has a beef with Costco.

Gosling photo by Elen Nivrae/Flickr. Costco photo by Stu Pendousmat/Wikimedia Commons.

Here's what's going down.

Way back in 2007, Costco announced that starting ... one day, the company would sell only cage-free eggs.

Photo by Larry Rana/USDA.

Eight years later, that day still hasn't arrived.

And it gets more frustrating! A recent Humane Society of the United States investigation found that one of Costco's major egg suppliers violated nearly ever standard of chicken decency, confining hens to tiny cages where they routinely injure themselves and are often forced to lay eggs, eat, and defecate on top of their dead cage-mates.

Needless to say, this pissed the notoriously righteous-hearted Gosling right off.

Gosling wrote Costco a letter. And pulled no punches.

"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. You're already eliminating cages for veal calves and pigs – don't you feel that chickens also deserve the same mercy?"

And look, I love Costco. We all love Costco. Because Costco is great in a lot of ways.

Their average hourly wage for retail employees is $20/hour, which is astronomically far above the industry average. Plus, their whitefish salad is otherworldly good. (Trust me on this one. You won't regret it.)

Costco can still do better.

The Humane Society of the United States is urging consumers to call Costco and demand they speed their butts up and make the transition to cage-free immediately. 'Cause ... really. It's about time.

Chicken photo by Bodina/Wikimedia Commons.

Right on, Ryan Gosling.

Hopefully your heartfelt words spur some much-needed change.