They want a pleasurable shopping experience without the trauma of seeing the skinned, frozen and shrink- wrapped bodies (in some cases, complete with the head and ears) of rabbits just like their furry family pet. We are asking you to remember that customer demand goes both ways: Your longstanding customers include the 1.4 million households living with a companion rabbit and the friends of these households. While Whole Foods may believe that it is being progressive and “humane,” in the eyes of a significant sector of your customer base Whole Foods is, in fact, taking a huge step backwards while unwittingly harming the efforts of long-standing community charitable activities. Domestic rabbits are not a “fringe pet.” They are recognized and supported as companion animals by (among others) the American Humane Society and the ASPCA-which recently granted a $25,000 grant to a Northern California nonprofit rabbit rescue. In the San Francisco Bay area alone, Marin Humane Society, San Francisco Animal Care and Control, Peninsula Humane Society, Humane Society of Silicon Valley, San Jose Animal Services, and Sonoma Humane Society are a partial listing of these agencies. In Northern California, there are at least a dozen well-known rabbit rescues and adoption centers. New Zealand rabbits are routinely spayed/neutered and placed up for adoption as a pet alongside cats and dogs by most animal services groups. They are typically referred to as “the golden retrievers of bunnies” because of their gentle and loving personalities.
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New Zealand White rabbits are a well-loved companion breed. Despite the promotion of your rabbit meat source as being a picturesque, high standard place to raise and slaughter rabbits, it distorts the reality that the New Zealand rabbits being butchered for Whole Foods are as intelligent, loving and sensitive as cats and dogs.
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According to the American Veterinary Medical Association in 2012, 1.4 million households in the U.S. Nationwide, rabbits are the third most popular pet behind cats and dogs. This decision threatens the trust that many loyal customers place in Whole Foods to work cooperatively, respectfully and in harmony in the communities in which you operate. What Whole Foods may not realize is that this short-sighted marketing strategy is deeply offensive and personally distressing to thousands of animal lovers who may choose to take their business elsewhere as a direct result.
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We ask you to please reconsider this choice and stop selling rabbit meat immediately. We have recently learned that Whole Foods is now selling rabbit meat at your Northern California stores. Meat Coordinator, Whole Foods Market, Northern California regionĭear Mr.
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President, Whole Foods Market, Northern California region July 1, 2014: Our letter to Whole Foods MarketĬhief Executive Officer, Whole Foods Market