Headline Roundup • August 22nd, 2018
Nabisco Redesigns Animal Cracker Boxes to Remove Cages
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Nabisco has redesigned the Barnum's animal cracker boxes, eliminating cages and showing the animals roaming free. The move comes at the request of PETA, particularly as opposition has grown to animal abuse within the circus.
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Animal Cracker Company Caves to Peta, Changes Packaging
The Daily Caller
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) praised the new packaging for Barnum’s Animals crackers Monday after the manufacturer caved to pressure and removed the animal cages from its packaging.
Animal crackers have been caged for 116 years. Pressure on Nabisco helped free them.
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After more than a century of imprisonment, Barnum’s cracker creatures are roaming free — until they meet their mushy demise in the mouths of children, anyway.
No More Cages: New Animal Cracker Packaging Sets The Mighty Beasts Free
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Lions and tigers and bears are now roaming free – on the box for Barnum's Animals.
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