A new poll of
North Carolina voters shows overwhelming support for undercover investigations
by groups like Mercy For Animals at factory farms and slaughterhouses in the
state. In fact, 74 percent of North Carolina voters say they support undercover
investigations by animal protection groups.
North Carolina voters shows overwhelming support for undercover investigations
by groups like Mercy For Animals at factory farms and slaughterhouses in the
state. In fact, 74 percent of North Carolina voters say they support undercover
investigations by animal protection groups.
By a margin of nearly 3 to 1, voters
also strongly oppose efforts by Big Ag to prohibit undercover investigations by
passing ag-gag laws. These laws are designed to silence
whistleblowers who dare to expose animal abuse or other crimes on factory
farms. The poll was conducted by Lake Research Partners and commissioned by the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
also strongly oppose efforts by Big Ag to prohibit undercover investigations by
passing ag-gag laws. These laws are designed to silence
whistleblowers who dare to expose animal abuse or other crimes on factory
farms. The poll was conducted by Lake Research Partners and commissioned by the
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
Multiple MFA undercover investigations in North Carolina
have exposed rampant cruelty to animals at some of the state’s largest factory
farms, hatcheries and slaughterhouses, including:
have exposed rampant cruelty to animals at some of the state’s largest factory
farms, hatcheries and slaughterhouses, including:
- Birds violently shackled upside down, painfully
shocked with electricity, and sawed open at the throat at a major chicken
supplier to Gordon Food Service—serving
PF Chang’s, Perkins, Culver’s, Red Robin, and The Melting Pot
- Baby birds having their sensitive toes and beaks
cut and burned off without any painkillers, workers callously throwing and
dropping these fragile animals, and sick or injured birds being thrown into a
pit to be ground up alive at a turkey hatchery for Butterball
- Workers kicking, throwing, and beating animals
with metal pipes at a Butterball turkey
breeding facility—an investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of an
official with the state department of agriculture and several workers,
including the first-ever felony conviction related to factory-farmed birds in U.S.
history
Despite overwhelming public support for
undercover investigations, and widespread opposition to efforts to impede these
investigations, the factory farming industry is pushing a dangerous
ag-gag bill through the North Carolina legislature right now. Rather than
improve conditions for farmed animals or strengthen laws to protect them, North
Carolina legislators are working overtime to sweep evidence of animal abuse
under the rug.
undercover investigations, and widespread opposition to efforts to impede these
investigations, the factory farming industry is pushing a dangerous
ag-gag bill through the North Carolina legislature right now. Rather than
improve conditions for farmed animals or strengthen laws to protect them, North
Carolina legislators are working overtime to sweep evidence of animal abuse
under the rug.
Please join the #NoAgGag movement
today, sign the petition, and help
spread the word about North Carolina’s dangerous ag-gag bill. Don’t let the
meat industry gag you!
today, sign the petition, and help
spread the word about North Carolina’s dangerous ag-gag bill. Don’t let the
meat industry gag you!
