Pleasant Valley Farms

DxE investigators documented cannibalism, infections, and death inside Pleasant Valley Farms, a Costco “cage-free” egg farm. Now, two investigators are being charged over $330,000 in restitution. Costco claims to give animals 5 freedoms, including freedom from pain and suffering, and the company received widespread public praise for committing to selling only cage-free eggs. But DxE’s exposé showed the world the horrific reality behind the “cage-free” label, in the Washington Post, New York Times and more. We appealed the court's decision, but the Superior Court of California, County of San Joaquin, Appellate Division rejected our appeal by affirming the judge's original decision. So the restitution ruling still stands, but no one is paying.