That one guy needs a major beat-down. For the cows.
Graphic video by animal rights group shows newborn calves beaten, cows stabbed.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
(Plain City) - An animal welfare group says its video shows workers at a dairy farm in Plain City beating cows with crowbars and stabbing them with pitchforks.
The Chicago-based nonprofit group Mercy for Animals says the video was recorded in an undercover investigation at Conklin Dairy Farm.
Conklin says it won't condone animal abuse. It says the video shows animal care inconsistent with the high standards it has set for its farm.
"Mercy for Animals" publicizes what it calls cruel practices in the dairy, meat and egg industries and promotes a vegan diet.
The video shows workers holding newborn calves down and stomping on their heads. It also shows one worker wiring a cow's nose to a metal bar near the ground and repeatedly beating it with a bar while it bleeds.
Mercy for Animals says it met on Monday with a representative of the Prosecutor's Office in Marysville to turn over evidence of repeated violations of the state's animal cruelty laws. The group wants criminal charges brought against Conklin Dairy workers.
Union County Sheriff Rocky Nelson announced Wednesday afternoon that 25-year-old Billy Joe Gregg of Delaware County was arrested and charged with 12 counts of cruelty to animals, a second degree misdemeanor.
Sheriff Nelson said deputies were called to Conklin Dairy Farm at 6 a.m. Wednesday to provide security for an employee termination. After learning the nature of the termination, the sheriff’s office conducted its own investigation and made the arrest.
Other charges may be filed in the case, according to the sheriff.
Conklin Dairy Farms, a fourth-generation family operation based in Plain City, said it takes the care of its cows and calves very seriously and has reviewed the video.
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