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Rabbit Advocacy Animal Matters
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Undercover video showing workers hitting pigs at Colorado farm prompts investigation, firings May 6, 2015 The Associated Press DENVER - An undercover video showing workers at a Colorado pig farm hitting animals with cans and boards has led to a criminal investigation and the firing of seven employees. The video, posted online Wednesday by Los Angeles-based group Mercy for Animals, was filmed by one of its members at a Seaboard Foods farm. The group gave it to the Phillips County Sheriff's Office, which launched an investigation and notified the company. Seaboard Foods supplies pork to Walmart and other retailers. It says the handling of the pigs, which happened while they were being loaded onto trucks, is "unacceptable and inexcusable" and violates its standards. It fired five workers and two supervisors. Walmart says it doesn't tolerate mistreatment of animals and requires its suppliers to adhere to industry and government standards. See more: Mercy For Animals This investigation (late 2014) marks the sixth time MFA has exposed pigs tortured for the pork sold in Walmart stores. 22 criminal charges filed against Hormel supplier; Tyson & Walmart supplier cruelty; Seaboard |