PETA pig farm investigation

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PETA is petitioning for the COMPLETE ABOLITION OF ANIMAL SLAVERY.  That means that they want even your pet Dog to be freed into the wild, never to be tortured by you ever again.

These people are so crazy, that they have no qualms with manufacturing evidence in their favor.


Until some other group NOT filled with complete whack jobs comes out and says that these pigs are being poorly treated, I won't believe a word of it.

[sluggish]

I used the email thingy on the peta site to tell hormel they should sue peta for slander and got this in response-

A video was released the evening of September 16, 2008 that showed
 images
from a hog farm in Iowa. It is important to note that the farm in the
 video
is not a Hormel Foods' farm and the people are not Hormel Foods'
 employees.
We find the images in this video appalling and they are inconsistent
 with
our standards and industry standards for animal handling.

The abuse on the video depicted practices that are completely
 unacceptable.

We expect all current suppliers to adhere to the proper animal handling
standards from day one and continue to do so throughout our
 relationship.
We are working with our supplier to ensure this activity is no longer
taking place, and they are investigating this matter and will take
appropriate disciplinary actions, including terminating employees.
Underscoring our company's zero tolerance policy, we have in the past
terminated employees, truckers and contracts with producers when animal
welfare issues have arisen.

Animal welfare and animal husbandry have always been top priority at
 Hormel
Foods. This is simply about treating animals humanely because it's the
right thing to do. We take our zero tolerance policy for the inhumane
treatment of animals very seriously and have implemented many standards
outlined in our responsibility report :
http://www.hormelfoods.com/responsibility/process/animalWelfare.aspx.

Rochelle Kroc
Manager Of Consumer Response