A little late, but good to know. Seems this is the state’s
largest dairy operation. This makes this
all the worse in that even the largest operation is not being monitored by the
USDA at all for cruelty issues. It took
a group to go undercover.
The full story can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/idaho-dairy-workers-charged-animal-cruelty-075033056.html
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three former dairy workers with Idaho's
largest dairy operation have been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after
undercover video shot by an animal rights group showed workers stomping,
dragging and beating cows inside a milking barn.
The video was shot using a hidden camera by a member of
Mercy for Animals who got a job at Bettencourt Dairies' Dry Creek Dairy in
Hansen for a few weeks this summer.
It shows workers at the dairy beating cows with a pink cane
as the animals slipped and slid on the wet
concrete floor; workers kicking and
stomping cows that have fallen between the metal bars in the milking stalls;
and a cow being dragged out of the barn by a chain around her neck as she lies
on the concrete floor.
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