To: Rodney K Brenneman, CEO, Butterball, LLC
Boycott Butterball Turkeys in North Carolina
Butterball: Because of the terrible abuse in your plants, we pledge to not buy your turkeys this Thanksgiving. Straighten up and fly right before next year!
Why is this important?
Last year, Mercy for Animals uncovered horrendous abuse of turkeys at a Butterball plant in Hoke County. They swore it would never happen again, but now, there are four more Butterball plants doing the same thing!
Not trusting that Butterball would keep its word to enforce a "zero tolerance policy" on animal abuse, Mercy for Animals investigated plants this fall and discovered severe infractions in facilities in Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, and Lenoir counties. They have videos of turkeys with open festering wounds left untreated as well as broken bones. Workers are seen kicking and stomping the birds and throwing them around by their necks. This is a disgusting treatment of birds that is completely unnecessary. These are living, breathing creatures! Hoke county police have already arrested workers for animal cruelty, but Butterball needs to step up and make sure this never happens again. Can you imagine what effect it would have if we all decided to not buy their turkeys this Thanksgiving!
Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/abc11_investigates&id=8885241
Not trusting that Butterball would keep its word to enforce a "zero tolerance policy" on animal abuse, Mercy for Animals investigated plants this fall and discovered severe infractions in facilities in Sampson, Duplin, Onslow, and Lenoir counties. They have videos of turkeys with open festering wounds left untreated as well as broken bones. Workers are seen kicking and stomping the birds and throwing them around by their necks. This is a disgusting treatment of birds that is completely unnecessary. These are living, breathing creatures! Hoke county police have already arrested workers for animal cruelty, but Butterball needs to step up and make sure this never happens again. Can you imagine what effect it would have if we all decided to not buy their turkeys this Thanksgiving!
Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/abc11_investigates&id=8885241