This is silly. Any good product designer, seeing the problem, would redesign the container, effective with the next order of lids. It really does not cost anything much, and shows you have a soul. Why would anyone chose years of bad publicity for a problem so easily fixed.
Despite countless animal deaths of the exact same nature, Yoplait has never bothered to redesign their yogurt cups.
[and if your life lacks sufficient adventure, try getting a skunk unstuck from one].....:-P
Unless it is part of their style, ala Yoplait, which has probably killed more animals than a McFluffy cup.