The nation’s largest animal rights group, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is continuing its new tactic of buying corporate stock in companies in order to push those companies to conduct business according to its wishes.
According to a press release issued by HSUS, the group bought stock in Flowers Foods Inc., a Georgia-based baked goods company. HSUS intends to use its position to push Flowers Foods to drop egg suppliers that don’t act in accordance with HSUS’ standards including the size of cages used to house hens. This is the same thing HSUS did by purchasing shares in Jack in the Box and Steak N’ Shake restaurant chains earlier in the year as reported by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) in February.
“These are not the actions of a group that only seeks to curb the ‘worst abuses’ as HSUS constantly asserts,” said Bud Pidgeon, USSA president and CEO. “This can only be described as a tactic to fundamentally alter long-standing American traditions and business practices
