Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Thanksgiving Horor Meal

Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, PETA conducted an undercover investigation lasting more than two months at the factory farms of Aviagen Turkeys, Inc. While investigating, PETA's investigator documented that workers tortured, mutilated, and maliciously killed turkeys. The workers would stomp, punch, hit, drown, choke, and beat the turkeys in vicious and disgusting ways. The animals were also living in harsh, cramped conditions. The rotting remains of about 70 hens were left among live birds for more than a day and workers spat tobacco in the pens as well.

During the investigation PETA's investigator repeatedly brought abuses to a supervisor's attention. The supervisor responded, "Every once in a while, everybody gets agitated and has to kill a bird."- If the supervisor is letting these workers kill the birds then first of all he shouldn't be the supervisor and secondly why isn't anyone putting an end to this cruelty. Also you would think after Aviagen found out they would do something about it but, all they did was made assurances and instituted some new rules, but the cruelty didn't stop.

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