Government Investigation Confirms Butterball Cruelty

I could never be part of an undercover investigation. I think the people who do that kind of work are very noble it must be horrific to stand by and watch the abuse. What I wonder is why can't the names of the slaughterhouse employees be released to the public? If they lost their jobs over this then why not mention their names in news story regarding this incident? That information should be public just as the name of someone who abuses an animal outside of the factory farming system would be made public.

Boycotting is great but these birds need legal protection from abuse. As opposed to Christopher C I'd gladly pay my taxes for the gov't to enact and enforce laws to protect all animals. I disagree that defending animals is a waste of the gov't's time. Maybe they could oh I don't know let a guy smoke a doobie once in awhile and go after someone beating the daylights out of a defenseless chicken. Money and time well spent I say.

voiceofreason Vegetarianvegan life style does much less harm than meat farms and slaughter houses do. The animals who get caught in the fields by farm machinery live free and raise family's and not all of them are harmed and they can and do escape. You know as well as I do that an animal who is raised for food alone have an awful life from beginning to end. They dont live free to roam They do not breed naturally dont get to nurture their young their baby's are taken from them so they dont raise their baby's and they all get murdered in the end so people can eat their flesh and wear their skins. They have on chance for escape as does the free roaming rabbit in the field. As I said we do Much less harm to our animal friends and our earth by choosing not to eat meat. Enjoy your evening... Go Vegan...

voiceofreason We do the best we can to do no harm. It is true that farmers who grow fruits and vegetables and grain do often kill animals in the field. Sometimes because they are eating the farmers crops and the farmer has them killed and some times because they are living in the fields and are plowed over and killed etc. There are farmers who try hard to avoid killing these animals and work hard to chase them off others dont care and poison them. Organic farming is a place to start. But even buying organic is no guarantees. It is a place for concern animal death in the fields. Over population and the great demand for food has humans taking land away from animals causing even more of a problem. We dont have all the answers but we do try very hard to do little harm or no harm. Bring attention to the suffering of animals so people are aware and can think with their hearts as well as their heads. go Vegan...

Chris I think you misunderstand what you are trying to say. What you don't understand is that humans in the first world do not eat meat to survive they eat it for enjoyment. Meat is not essential for our health yes we are able to digest it because we are omnivores and in the past meat was probably neccesary for survival when crops failed etc. However meat these days is not neccesary it is just to appease the taste buds of those who are rich enough to afford it many countries in the world cannot afford to raise animals for meat since the grain used to feed the animals is better off feeding themselves the same as fur which is no longer neccesary to keep us warm like the cave man days but many people still wear it for fashion. I have no opposition to people who are poor hunting meat for survival because their familie's lives depend on them bringing back a kill but those of us who work for our money and shop for our food that is not the case we have more than enough bloodfree alternatives. Saying 'we need to eat meat to survive' is just an excuse to allow such abuse because meat 'tastes good'. You also say because we 'breed' them we pretty much have a right to do with them as we please since we are not affecting wild populations. Just because an animal was unfortunate enough to be born into captivity does not mean that it is not still a sentinant being that feels pain feels fear and has basic needs to be fulfilled. Put yourself in any factory farmed animals shoes. Because you were born there as a direct result of the artificial insemination of your mother for example would you happily throw in the white flag and say "yes you are right I am yours to use as you please torture me deny me basic rights and end my short life in a slaughter"? I do associate the way farm animals are raised and bred is alike the holocaust. Except in the holocaust at least some of the people unlike factory farmed animals got a decent shot at life before the horrors that afflicted them. Before you start making such bold statements about who 'owns' who and what is acceptable put yourself in the shoes of the animals. Just because they are not human does not mean they do not feel as we do.