Demand That Tractor Supply Company Change Their In-store ...

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The Issue

In 2021, Tractor Supply changed its brooding system and began using battery cage-style brooders. These battery cage-style brooders have fueled undue animal suffering and left many of their ducklings and chicks cold, suffering, and dead. This new system was implemented to reduce operating costs, minimize labor costs and increase available retail floor space within their stores. The new system replaced a more traditional tank/heat lamp brooding system. This new brooding system has increased the death rates and leads to poor animal welfare standards. To date, Tractor Supply's response to grievances about their new brooding system has been to patently shrug them off.

There are several steps that Tractor Supply Company could take to increase animal welfare, reduce animal mortality, but they have failed to acknowledge that there are issues within their stores despite dozens of reports from consumers across the country.

Please sign this petition to hold Tractor Supply Company accountable and let Tractor Supply Company's management know that they are personally responsible for this awful situation and need to make significant steps to improve the conditions for the animals that are in their care.

Report a policy violationMorgan GoldPetition StarterMorgan Gold is a farmer and storyteller based in Peacham, Vermont. After growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut and spending most of his adult life living in large East Coast cities, Morgan got fed up with the rat race and moved to a 160-acre farm in VeMedia inquiries

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This petition made change with 69,760 supporters!Share this petitionDecision Makers: Tractor Supply Company +53 Updates

The Issue

In 2021, Tractor Supply changed its brooding system and began using battery cage-style brooders. These battery cage-style brooders have fueled undue animal suffering and left many of their ducklings and chicks cold, suffering, and dead. This new system was implemented to reduce operating costs, minimize labor costs and increase available retail floor space within their stores. The new system replaced a more traditional tank/heat lamp brooding system. This new brooding system has increased the death rates and leads to poor animal welfare standards. To date, Tractor Supply's response to grievances about their new brooding system has been to patently shrug them off.

There are several steps that Tractor Supply Company could take to increase animal welfare, reduce animal mortality, but they have failed to acknowledge that there are issues within their stores despite dozens of reports from consumers across the country.

Please sign this petition to hold Tractor Supply Company accountable and let Tractor Supply Company's management know that they are personally responsible for this awful situation and need to make significant steps to improve the conditions for the animals that are in their care.

Report a policy violationMorgan GoldPetition StarterMorgan Gold is a farmer and storyteller based in Peacham, Vermont. After growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut and spending most of his adult life living in large East Coast cities, Morgan got fed up with the rat race and moved to a 160-acre farm in VeMedia inquiriesShare this petition

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The Decision Makers

Tractor Supply CompanyAwaiting responseTractor Supply CompanyAwaiting responseHal Lawton,CEO, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseHal LawtonCEO, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseSeth Estep,EVP, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseSeth EstepEVP, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseChristi Korzekwa,SVP, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseChristi KorzekwaSVP, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseJohn Ordus,EVP, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseJohn OrdusEVP, Tractor SupplyAwaiting responseView all 6 Decision MakersPetition updates

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Petition created on March 24, 2021

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