Actor Paul Wesley Urges Pork Giant to Uncage its Pigs

The Vampire Diaries star Paul Wesley has written a

letter urging pork industry giant Seaboard Corporation to

end its use of controversial and inhumane gestation crates.

These cages are used to confine breeding pigs. They are

so small the animals cannot even turn around. Seaboard is

one of the largest pork producers in the United States and

raises more than 4.3 million pigs each year.

Wesley’s letter comes after McDonald’s, Costco, Oscar

Mayer and more than 60 other major food companies

announced their shift away from gestation crate operations.

Seaboard competitors such as Smithfield Foods, Tyson

Foods and Cargill responded with similar plans to move

away from gestation crates.

Many family farmers nationwide do not use gestation crates

and according to the National Pork Board, a majority of pork

producers are in the process of switching to crate-free

housing methods due to the pressure from other companies.

Wesley joins a long list of celebrities including Ryan

Gosling, Kristen Bell and Martha Stewart who have joined

The Humane Society of the United States and taken a stand

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