Target: Keep Your Promises
On many factory farms, egg-laying hens are confined in cages so small they’re unable to spread their wings. The space each bird is afforded for her entire life in a cage is smaller than a single sheet of letter-sized paper. Mother pigs in the pork industry are also virtually immobilized, locked in metal crates so small they can’t even turn around.
This extreme confinement causes enormous suffering. These intelligent, deeply feeling animals live in their own filth. They are forced to eat, sleep and defecate in the same space and are denied almost everything natural to them.
In 2012, Target pledged to eliminate crates for pigs in its supply chain by 2022. In 2016, Target committed to move away from cruel cages for egg-laying hens by 2025.
But in a statement in its 2024 Sustainability and Governance Report, Target announced that it will not be following through on its promise to only sell cage-free eggs by 2025. Similarly, Target has not met its goal of phasing out cruel crates for mother pigs. Hundreds of companies have made similar pledges like Costco, Sprouts, McDonald’s, Burger King, IHOP, Unilever, Cheesecake Factory and Nestlé, and many are not only making good on their commitments, but have reached their goals ahead of schedule.
This means Target is responsible for millions of birds and mother pigs continuing to suffer in filthy, miserable cages.
Target should keep its promises and stop profiting from these abusive practices.
Abused animals need your help. Please sign this petition to Brian Cornell, the CEO of Target, urging the company to keep its animal welfare promises and stop using cruel cages and crates.
the space each egg-laying hen is afforded for her entire life — less than a single sheet of letter-sized paper.
where a mother pig is confined for virtually her whole life.
have committed to switching to a 100% cage-free egg supply.
