McDonald's, Icahn Fight Puts Spotlight on Pig Welfare

March 3 (Reuters) - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn has drawn attention to the use of metal enclosures to house pregnant pigs in a dispute with McDonald's Corp over its pork suppliers' animal-welfare practices. McDonald's last month said it would remove the enclosures, known as gestation crates, from its U.S. supply chain by 2024, pushing back a 10-year goal it set in 2012...
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