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CKE Cooperating with PETAMonday, July 10, 2006St. Louis Post Gail Appleson Moments away from having PETA present a resolution at its shareholders meeting, CKE Restaurants Inc., parent of the Hardee's and Carl's Jr. burger chains, agreed to obtain information from it's suppliers on how the chickens it uses are killed. PETA has shares in about 25 restaurant, grocery and animal-processing companies in order to try to persuade them to adopt a less inhumane poultry-slaughter method called "controlled-atmosphere killing" in which chickens are gassed to death. The current method involves immobilizing the birds with an electric shock, slitting their throats and submerging them in scalding water. PETA says the chickens are conscious through most of the process. The organization was less successful last month when Applebee shareholders defeated the proposal. After the CKE meeting, the company issued a statement saying it has worked closely with restaurant and food-marketing industry groups to develop a comprehensive animal welfare program, and that it requires its suppliers to observe the program's guidelines or their own industry's guidelines. |