Talk:The Humane League

Potential updates to The Humane League

Hello! I am an employee of THL. The organization has asked me to update the Wikipedia page with information on our work since 2018, which presents a conflict of interest. I have tried to assemble the desired updates in accordance with Wikipedia's community guidelines using the COI wizard. Thank you for taking the time to review these requests.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

In the introduction, please change “institutional and individual change, including online advertising, Meatless Monday campaigns, and corporate outreach” to “corporate, media, and community outreach."

Source: Animal Charity Evaluators

• Why it should be changed:

The organization no longer engages in Meatless Monday campaigns.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

In Activism and corporate outreach, add, "In November 2019, The Humane League joined a group of ten animal welfare organizations, including Compassion in World Farming, The Humane Society of the United States, and Mercy for Animals to endorse the Better Chicken Commitment, a corporate animal welfare policy which addresses some of the main welfare concerns associated with the production of broiler chickens."

Source: Better Chicken Commitment policy, Better Chicken Commitment letter

Add, “In the United States, food companies including Subway, Chipotle, and General Mills have publicly committed to meeting the standards of the Better Chicken Commitment."

Sources: Subway, Chipotle, General Mills, WelfareCommitments.com

Add, "As of February 2022, in partnership with a global coalition of animal rights organizations, THL has secured over 500 corporate welfare policies to improve the treatment of broiler chickens worldwide."

Sources: The Humane League, Chicken Watch

• Why it should be changed:

This adds information about the organization's broiler chicken welfare work.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

In activism and corporate outreach, add “In 2021, the organization released the White Striping Report, an investigative report on the appearance of white striations on the breasts of prepackaged chicken products in US supermarkets, including ShopRite, Albertsons, Target, and Wegmans. The report claims that the appearance of white striping in supermarket chicken is linked to “the extreme conditions of factory farming, which turbocharges the raising process to a matter of weeks and puts undue physical stress on the animals.”

Sources: "White Striping Disease in Supermarket Chicken," 2021, Bloomberg

• Why it should be changed:

This adds information about the organization's investigative work.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

In Activism and corporate outreach, add, "In 2016, The Humane League initiated the Open Wing Alliance, a global coalition of animal welfare organizations with the goal of 'ending the abuse of chickens worldwide' through their work to secure corporate chicken welfare policies."

Source: Open Wing Alliance

Add, "As of 2022, the Open Wing Alliance member organizations have secured over 3,000 corporate animal welfare commitments."

Source: Chicken Watch Progress Tracker

Add, "The OWA secured a global cage-free commitment from Yum! Brands, parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut in 2021. The company pledged to transition to 100% cage-free eggs across at least 25,000 restaurants by 2026, and transition to 100% cage-free overall by 2030."

Sources: Deli Market News, Yum Brands

• Why it should be changed:

This adds information about the organization's cage-free work since 2016, which is mostly done through the Open Wing Alliance. It also adds the most notable cage-free commitment secured by the OWA.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

In Animal Charity Evaluators reviews, add a "2021 review" section. Add, "ACE’s 2021 review states that THL is an 'excellent giving opportunity because of their strong programs aimed at improving the welfare standards of farmed animals and strengthening the animal advocacy movement across multiple countries.” It noted the organization’s corporate campaigns as 'especially strong.' The review states that THL has a funding gap of $4,881,000 in 2022 and $5,249,000 in 2023. ACE predicted that the funding would likely be used to start a new program on public policy work and expand their animal welfare campaigns, movement building, and research programs."

Source: ACE 2021 Review

Add a "2020 review" section.

Add, "ACE's 2020 review deemed the organization's corporate campaigns to raise animal welfare standards of chickens 'highly impactful.' It also named THL's movement-building work through the Open Wing Alliance, stating that the organization 'seems to have played an important role in promoting corporate campaigns outside the U.S. by training and collaborating with other groups.” ACE estimated that THL had room for $0.66 million to $1.1 million in more funding in 2021."

Source: ACE 2020 Review

Add a "2019 review" section

Add, "In their 2019 review, ACE estimated that for an average $1,000 donation, THL would spend the marginal money as follows:

• $507 to corporate outreach for better welfare policies

• $395 on capacity building through volunteer recruitment, training, and OWA training and grants

• $97 on individual outreach

The review evaluated all of THL’s avenues for animal advocacy, including influencing public opinion, building the capacity of the movement, influencing industry, and influencing policy and the law. ACE awarded THL with a top recommendation due to the organization’s “exceptionally strong commitment to using studies and systematic data collection to guide their approach to advocacy,” in addition to their strategic approach to corporate campaigns. Their review found that THL’s expansion plans required $1.1 million to $4.6 million in funding, in addition to $400,000 to $2.0 million for grants via the Open Wing Alliance. ACE expected that THL would use funds to expand their teams in the US, Mexico, and the UK, to support THL Japan, and to increase salaries and benefits in 2020."

Source: ACE 2019 Review

• Why it should be changed:

This adds the three most recent Animal Charity Evaluators reviews.

Spcjm (talk) 16:17, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

 Partially completed per following:

•  Accepted Changed introduction.
•  Declined Better Chicken / Chicken Watch / Open Wing Alliance: Please provide independent sources.
•  Partially completed White Striping Disease, but did not quote directly from source per WP:NEWSORG.
•  Not done ACE Reviews: I believe the ACE Reviews should be deleted from the article. It's puffery and advertising and puts undue weight on information that would be relevant to donors, rather than readers of an encyclopedia.

voorts (talk/contributions) 01:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

I've deleted the ACE Reviews. See my post below. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:11, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

References

Reason for removing Animal Charity Evaluators section

I am removing the Animal Charity Evaluators section. The section is essentially advertising to get people to donate to the charity. It also takes up the bulk of the article, giving undue weight to one metric of the organization. For proportion, I'm editing the ACE review sentence in the Reception section to update to the most recent review. voorts (talk/contributions) 02:01, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Good decision, I also think that this section wasn't following Wikipedia's standards. Alenoach (talk) 14:55, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

Potential updates to The Humane League

Hello! I am another employee of THL, which presents a conflict of interest, but would like to request a factual update. Thank you for taking the time to review this request. I or one of my colleagues will also follow up to the previous request with additional independent sources. Thank you so much for your consideration.

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

In Activism, under Corporate outreach, at the end of the paragraph about United Egg Producers, add, "Despite United Egg Producers' commitment to ending male chick culling by 2020, its practice continues unabated."

Source: "Why the US egg industry is still killing 300 million chicks a year" 67.248.100.209 (talk) 15:46, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for proposing this factual update. I rewrote this part with my own words, adding the reason they gave for not ending chick culling as they said. Alenoach (talk) 01:05, 7 August 2023 (UTC)