
September , 2009
Ask IHOP To Let Hens Out of Their Cages
Dear Friends,
Denny’s does it. Burger King does, too. Wendy’s got on board earlier this year. All these major restaurant chains buy some of their eggs from cage-free farms that don’t cruelly confine hens in barren battery cages.
But the restaurant chain most known for its breakfasts refuses to take this modest step. When IHOP serves its pancakes and eggs, you can be sure the eggs come from hens crammed into wire cages so small the animals can barely move for their entire lives.
IHOP’s refusal took on new urgency this week with the release of this undercover video that reveals shocking abuses at IHOP’s primary egg supplier. As you can see, the footage reveals filthy conditions, sick and injured hens, and birds forced to live in cages with the decomposing corpses of dead birds.
You can help to move IHOP away from this cruelty. Please urge IHOP to follow its competitors’ lead and start switching away from battery cage eggs. Here’s how:
TAKE ACTION
Please make a brief, polite phone call to Argonne, a company that owns hundreds of IHOP restaurants, at 404-364-2984 (if voicemail picks up, press ‘1′ for Argonne President Michael Klump). You can say something like this:
“Hello, my name is [your name] and I am calling to ask IHOP to start using eggs that don’t come from hens crammed into cages. I just watched the undercover video of your egg supplier, and the images of animal cruelty are appalling. Please start switching to cage-free eggs. Thank you.”
After you make your call, please follow up with an email to IHOP headquarters to let them know that customers care about animal welfare.
Thanks for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,

Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
P.S. Thanks to you and thousands of others, The Humane Society of the United States has successfully persuaded companies such as Wendy’s, Ben and Jerry’s, and Trader Joe’s to enact cage-free egg policies. Please join us in our latest campaign to help farm animals by making a quick phone call to IHOP today.
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