PETA to Alabama Governor: Reform Slaughterhouses

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Pilgrim’s Pride

Last week, a former employee of a Pilgrim’s Pride slaughterhouse in Alabama took his work home with him and went on a killing spree (you know, the kind involving humans—the kind that there are actually laws against). Is it so shocking that someone who kills for a living would be violent off-duty, as well? Statistics show that counties with slaughterhouses have higher violent-crime rates than other counties, which is why we sent a letter to Gov. Bob Riley of Alabama asking him to require that slaughterhouse workers receive empathy training and that cameras be installed in slaughterhouses.

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems obvious that slaughterhouses would be linked to violent behavior. Pilgrim’s Pride is infamous for employing cruel workers, some of whom were videotaped stomping on chickens’ heads, ripping off their beaks, and slamming them against walls in an undercover PETA investigation. We hope that Gov. Riley will take our advice to help prevent future killings—of both humans and nonhumans.

Written by Lianne Turner

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