UPDATE: Hormel Supplier Investigation October 20, 2008
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Remember the shocking footage from an undercover investigation of a factory farm in Iowa that raises pigs destined for Hormel? PETA's undercover investigators documented workers repeatedly hitting pigs with metal gate rods and canes, a worker slamming the heads of piglet "runts" into the floor, and a supervisor who shoved a cane into a sow's vagina and talked about sexually abusing pigs.
Even after the farm changed ownership and management during the investigation, this horrifying treatment and abuse of animals continued.
That being said, we have just released previously unseen footage from the investigation, showing the farm manager kicking and shocking a crippled pig. Can you believe he's still the manager on the farm?!
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In the video, the manager is seen shocking a pig with an electric prod and kicking her—both violations of the farm owner's own written policy—in a prolonged attempt to make her stand, which is a requirement for pigs sold for slaughter. The suffering sow, who was unable to stand due to crippled hind limbs, was left in pen for two days, bleeding from a severed hoof, until she was ultimately shot and killed.
This shocking footage was recorded the very next working day after PETA's undercover investigator reported the abuse of pigs that he had seen at the farm to this very manager.
I seriously can't believe that this man is still the farm manager. Think about it: he is responsible for overseeing other employees and how they treat the pigs in that factory farm. Do you think someone who is treating pigs this way is a good example for his employees on the humane handling of animals?
Our demands of Hormel stand firm despite the company's continued failure to respond to our attempts to work with them. Join us in renewing our ask of Hormel. Demand that they enact meaningful reforms to prevent this sort of abuse from occurring on its suppliers' farms.
What do you think about the fact that the same man is still the farm manager?
Update: We wanted to make sure that it's clear to our readers that we offered several times to show Hormel and the farm's management ALL the footage that was taken during PETA's undercover investigation at the supplier's farm—including the above footage of the manager. Neither Hormel nor the farm's management took us up on our offer.
♥ Marta
Comments
It's unacceptable that he's still the manager. He should be immediately dismissed and be put on trial for animal abuse.
Posted by: Little_Lotte at October 21, 2008 8:24 AMThe manager should be locked up for life. What an a -hole.
Posted by: Kelly at October 21, 2008 11:13 AMugh.
that really disgusts me.
how would he like it if he couldnt use his legs?
and somebody tried to make him stand.
he should be fired.
and put on trial.
He does not need to be there. He sould be locked up and throw away the key.
Posted by: Nelly at October 27, 2008 7:13 PMall the workers are such low lives. they need to get a life and stop taking there anger on animals. its absolutely discusting.
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I think they need to fire him and give him life in prison. Whats wrong with him? How would he like it if someone came up to him if he was crippled and shocked him to make him stand? He is disgusting.
Posted by: Katie at October 20, 2008 4:51 PM