Video Exposes Cruelty, Rotting Corpses With Live Birds in Cages at Dunkin' Donuts'...

Video Exposes Cruelty, Rotting Corpses With Live Birds in Cages at Dunkin'
Donuts' Egg Supplier

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, animal protection
charity Compassion Over Killing released a new investigation inside an egg
factory farm owned by Michael Foods, a company that supplies eggs to Dunkin'
Donuts. While employed at the facility in August, a COK investigator used a
hidden camera to document conditions for hens in this factory farm, which
confines more than one million birds inside barren wire battery cages.

Footage from inside Michael Foods shows:
-- Hens immobilized in the wires of their cages, unable to access food or
water
-- Decomposing and "mummified" corpses left in cages with live
birds
-- A Michael Foods employee decapitating a hen

-- Birds suffering from overcrowding, severe feather loss, and untreated
injuries

Michael Foods is one of the country's largest egg producers, supplying eggs to
several national restaurant chains.

"No responsible company should support this animal cruelty," said COK's
executive director Erica Meier. "Dunkin' Donuts can--and should--make the
right decision by removing eggs from its doughnuts and offering more humane
vegan menu items."

Earlier this year, COK reached out to Dunkin' Donuts inquiring about the
treatment of hens in its supply chain and requesting the company to offer
egg-free donuts. Due to the company's lack of action on this issue, COK
launched a campaign website, DunkinCruelty.com urging the company the make
meaningful changes. Since then, thousands of concerned consumers have
contacted Dunkin' Donuts about this important issue.

Photos and broadcast-quality footage is available upon request.

Compassion Over Killing (COK) is a nonprofit animal advocacy organization
based in Washington, D.C. Since 1995, COK has worked to end the abuse of
animals in agriculture through undercover investigations, public outreach,
litigation, and other advocacy programs. On the web at www.COK.net.

SOURCE Compassion Over Killing

Erica Meier of Compassion Over Killing, +1-301-891-2458, +1-202-270-8253
(cell), emeier@cok.net