PETA: Criminal Probe Sought: Pig, Steer Repeatedly Shot in Botched Slaughters
August 01, 2019
August 01, 2019
IONIA COUNTY, Michigan, Aug. 1 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release:
PETA has obtained U.S. Department of Agriculture reports revealing two recent violations of law at Jones Butchering and Meat Processing, LLC, outside Saranac. On July 9, workers repeatedly shot a conscious pig, tried to pry loose a metal bolt lodged in her forehead, and shot her again. And on June 18, workers shot a steer in the head before the gravely wounded animal trie . . .
PETA has obtained U.S. Department of Agriculture reports revealing two recent violations of law at Jones Butchering and Meat Processing, LLC, outside Saranac. On July 9, workers repeatedly shot a conscious pig, tried to pry loose a metal bolt lodged in her forehead, and shot her again. And on June 18, workers shot a steer in the head before the gravely wounded animal trie . . .