Land O'Lakes Says It Doesn't Inspect Facilities for the Treatment of Animals October 1, 2009

Posted by Marta at October 1, 2009 12:33 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 6 ) | TrackBack

Here's an update from PETA's Heather Drennan on our new undercover investigation into a dairy farm. Check it out, and if you haven't yet, why not make the pledge to try veganism?
-Marta

PETA's investigation footage from a filthy Pennsylvania dairy facility that supplies Land O'Lakes continues to receive massive press coverage. All the coverage has prompted the Fortune 250 company to issue an official statement—one that only serves to highlight the profit-driven callousness and lack of concern for animals within the corporation and the dairy industry as a whole.

Jeanne Forbis, the director of communications at Land O'Lakes, said, "[W]hen state-certified inspectors do inspections at dairy farms they are inspecting for milk and equipment sanitation practices, not animal treatment."

Is that supposed to be the "excuse" for why the Land O'Lakes inspector didn't bother to note that cows were living in filth, without bedding or a clean, dry place for shelter? Or that lameness and mastitis were rampant? How about the fact that there were cows who were so debilitated and thin that they looked like skeletons with skin draped over them?

Frankly, the inspector didn't do very well on inspecting for sanitation either. Take a look at the video—animals are virtually swimming in a soup of urine and fecal matter. All Forbis's comment does is raise some serious doubts about the quality of the sanitation inspections that led to the approval of this facility.

Various agencies are now looking into PETA's allegations of abuse, as well as sanitation and food safety violations, against the dairy facility's owners. Abuse of animals in the dairy industry is nothing new, so please consider dropping cholesterol and cruelty-filled dairy products from your diet.

-Heather

Protesting the Petland Bunny Killer August 18, 2009

Posted by Ryan at August 18, 2009 4:14 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 12 ) | TrackBack

Remember Elizabeth Carlisle? She was the Petland employee we reported on a little while back who proudly posted Facebook pictures of herself with rabbits she drowned while on the clock.

Well, her judgment day arrived, and of course PETA and local supporters were there to encourage prosecutors to punish Elizabeth to the fullest extent of the law.

The maximum penalty for each cruelty charge is six months in jail—totaling a year in prison if Carlisle is found guilty.



Fox 8 News is reporting that two peaceful protesters were even pushed by members of Carlisle's entourage as they left the building. Classy.

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of reading news stories about scumbags at pet stores torturing rabbits and other animals.

What would you say to Elizabeth if you saw her on the street?