Ryan Gosling Pens Open Letter to Costco CEO Demanding Cage-Free Eggs—Read It Here

Actor has written open letters for similar causes in the past

By Lily Harrison Jun 22, 2015 5:10 PMTags
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Ryan Gosling is standing up for animal rights yet again with his latest open letter to Costco CEO Craig Jelinek.

Less than two weeks after the Humane Society of the United States released an undercover investigation into the treatment of one of the chain's largest egg suppliers, the hunky actor is demanding reform.

"I am writing today about the recent undercover investigation conducted by my friends at The Humane Society of the United States at a Costco egg supplier. Video footage revealed abhorrent cruelty including rows upon rows of birds confined in filth-laden cages with the mummified corpses of their cage-mates—eating, sleeping, defecating, and laying eggs on top of dead birds—and hens' wings, legs, and necks trapped in the corroded wires of their battery cages," Eva Mendes' partner wrote.

"Furthermore, 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? So many corporations are meeting public demand for more humane products and transparency in the food chain. I sincerely hope that Costco will set plans now to go completely cage-free for its eggs."

This is just the latest in Gosling's countless attempts to shed a light on animal treatment within the food industry.

Back in 2003, he panned KFC for their chicken's living conditions, and in 2012 he teamed up with PETA to fight cruelty to cows on dairy farms, specifically a painful process called "dehorning" in which calves have their horns burned out of their heads.

Then in 2013 he partnered up with the Farm Sanctuary and Humane Society International/Canada to help more than one million breeding pigs on Canadian farms.