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August 26, 2008
Get Your Pens Out!
My apologies for not having written in a while. The last few weeks have been filled, first with the Olympics, and then by a significant landscaping project. My evenings are consumed by watering. Hopefully, in a few weeks I can start to cut back and spend more time on things CHRS.
I received several responses to my request for stories to post on the blog. They're wonderful and I'll start posting them over the next few days. You're in for a treat!
Megan Lynch passed this along. If you can spare a few moments, please write to Safeway and express your thoughts!
Safeway stores in Washington State and elsewhere are now offering frozen rabbit parts as a snack food. Located in the freezer case and displayed much like buffalo wings, Safeway is trying to start a new line of mass consumption novelty products based on rabbit meat.
This marks a new attempt by the rabbit processing industry to make rabbit meat more mainstream. The rabbit meat comes from Pel-Freez Arkansas, the largest rabbit processor in the United States, which "processes" rabbits from breeders across the US and now, evidently, China as well.
This attempt to move rabbit meat from a marginal product to a mainstream product is a signal of bad news to come for rabbits. As production ramps up, the rabbits being bred and killed will suffer even more. [Pel-Freez's website has an online application that anyone can fill out to become a Pel-Freez supplier of rabbits]
If you are concerned about this trend and want to let Safeway know your concerns, you can send them a polite note to:
Customer Service Center
Safeway Inc. -- M/S 10501
P.O. BOX 29093
Phoenix, AZ 85038 - 9093
Posted by Sue at August 26, 2008 6:12 PM