Butterball probes turkey abuse accusations
Source: NBC News
It is not the kind of publicity a turkey company wants the week before Thanksgiving. An animal rights group claims to have documented “a pattern of shocking abuse and neglect” by workers at numerous Butterball turkey farms in North Carolina.
Undercover video taken by Mercy for Animals, an activist organization with a vegetarian agenda, appears to show birds being kicked, poked and thrown around.
The group claims its investigator saw workers “grabbing birds by their wings and necks and violently slamming them into tiny transport crates with no regard for their welfare.” In a release on its website, Mercy for Animals says it also found birds suffering from “serious untreated illnesses and injuries, including open sores, infections and broken bones.”
Butterball, the country’s largest turkey producer, declined to address the allegations specifically. In a statement to NBCNews.com, the company said it is aware of the video and takes “any allegations of animal mistreatment very seriously.”
Butterball said it has a long-standing zero tolerance policy for animal abuse and remains committed to the ethical and responsible care of its turkey flocks. The company said an internal investigation is under way and the workers in question have been suspended.
“Any employee found to have violated our animal care and well-being guidelines, as well as any employee who witnessed abuse and failed to report it, will be terminated,” the company statement said. “When we learn of any instances of animal mistreatment, we take immediate corrective action to suspend workers involved, conduct a swift investigation and terminate their employment with the company.”
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/butterball-probes-turkey-abuse-accusations-1C7103234
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both healthcare and in scientific experiments. Most people have no idea what goes on in hospitals, nursing homes, pediatric clinics, or university research centers.
Or folks are simply burying their heads to hide from the reality of abuse, while continuing to place their trust in untrustworthy caregivers of their loved ones and eat tortured animals that kill the eaters. Makes no sense why society allows such horror.
This is par for the course, afaik. It wont change until people demand change and most dont seem to give a shit. As long as they have their "meat", theyre happy.
Buying factory farmed meat = paying for animal torture. Its that simple. Sick and simple.
& on edit: Too fucking late butterball, your tortured animals are already in the stores! Sick fucks. 