Re: [Pen-l] PETA: First-Ever Felony Charges of Cruelty to Factory-Farmed Birds

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

speaking of which, a friend's car was bombed recently. It's likely
because she lives down the street from a UCLA scientist who does
animal experiments. Was it a rogue PETA person?

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:55 AM, ravi <ravi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/02/aviagen_update.php
>
>> In a huge victory for animals, a grand jury has issued 19 indictments for
>> cruelty to animals against three former employees of Aviagen Turkeys, Inc.
>> And it gets better—11 of the indictments are on felony charges. This marks
>> the first time in U.S. history that factory-farm employees have faced felony
>> cruelty-to-animals charges for abusing birds.
>>
>> These indictments are the result of PETA's undercover investigation at
>> Aviagen's factory farms in West Virginia, which uncovered workers stomping,
>> kicking, throwing, and killing turkeys in unimaginably cruel ways. Our
>> investigator's video footage was seen by the West Virginia State Police,
>> whose investigator then conducted his own prompt and thorough investigation,
>> leading to these indictments in Greenbrier County.
>
>        --ravi
>
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