McDonald's, Tyson Foods drop farm after videotape shows animal cruelty

[teenagechrist 2,853]

McDonald's Corp and Tyson Foods both severed ties on Thursday with a Tennessee farm where workers were seen stabbing, clubbing and stomping on chickens in an undercover video shot by animal rights activists.

The videotape, which was unveiled by Mercy For Animals at a news conference in Los Angeles, depicts gruesome animal cruelty toward the birds at what the group said was T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tennessee, which was under contract to Tyson Foods (TSN.N).

Tyson supplies chicken meat to McDonald's (MCD.N), the world's biggest fast-food chain, for its McNuggets.

Representatives for T&S Farm could not immediately be reached for comment.

"Animal well-being is a priority at our company and we will not tolerate the unacceptable animal treatment shown in this video," Tyson spokesman Worth Sparkman said in a written statement.

 "Members of our animal well-being team are investigating, however, based on what we currently know, we are terminating the farmer’s contract to grow chickens for us," said Sparkman, adding there were currently no chickens on the farm.

McDonald's said in a statement it supported Tyson's decision and "we find the behavior depicted in this video to be completely unacceptable."

The fast-food giant said it was working with Tyson to investigate the situation further.

"We’re committed to working with animal welfare and industry experts to inform our policies that promote better management, strong employee education and verification of practices,” McDonald's said.

An investigator for the Weakley County Sheriff's Office said the agency had opened an investigation into the farm and was working with prosecutors.

On the videotape, which Mercy For Animals activists said documented three weeks of animal abuse at the farm, workers can be seen stepping on birds' necks, stuffing them in cramped cages and bludgeoning them with clubs.

"You don’t work for PETA, do you?” a worker in the video is heard asking the Mercy For Animals representative before repeatedly hitting one of the birds with a spiked stick.

"Remember that for five years in a row, Tyson awarded grower of the year to this facility. So it’s too little, too late,” Mercy for Animals President Nathan Runkle told the news conference. He said the farm typically housed over 120,000 chickens.

McDonald's announced earlier this year it would phase out its use of chickens raised with certain kinds of antibiotics at its 14,000 U.S. restaurants as part of a major restructuring plan to reverse a long sales slump.

NSFW VIDEO: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIaa_fFgYD8

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/27/us-usa-mcdonalds-farm-idUSKCN0QW2K220150827 

[faux 2,190]

OH MY GOD

[iAstroLeo 14,452]

DISGUSTING

**** you McDonalds for making the McNuggets so tasty  

[Luc 4,776]

 money money money

 

It's sad because even when you buy biological meat only, you still can't be 100% sure it's biological because of corruption and fraud.

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

How awful! Stomping on something to kill it?! Who does that?

I'm curious though. I know animal pet food uses real animal products (they have to, dogs and cats are carniverous). Yet I never hear of any investigations into the farms and slaughterhouses where they make pet food. Why not? What's to guarentee that the chicken, cows, etc there are being killed humanely? Not that the pets care, they are quite viscous to their prey in the wild, but I would like to think, as a pet owner, that as much care is being put into those killed for consumption as those being fed. Let them die happy and painless. 

[RAMROD 117,040]

Praying for T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tennessee for they have sinned

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close tha farm.

[teenagechrist 2,853]

How awful! Stomping on something to kill it?! Who does that?

I'm curious though. I know animal pet food uses real animal products (they have to, dogs and cats are carniverous). Yet I never hear of any investigations into the farms and slaughterhouses where they make pet food. Why not? What's to guarentee that the chicken, cows, etc there are being killed humanely? Not that the pets care, they are quite viscous to their prey in the wild, but I would like to think, as a pet owner, that as much care is being put into those killed for consumption as those being fed. Let them die happy and painless. 

God knows what they do with the animals there :/ Cheap dog feed is made with disgusting animal remains like beaks and things like that, I don't think they die happy. I read about how to choose a good dog feed recently and it's kinda ****ed up, because a lot of them (even medium-quality ones) have things that are not good for your dog. 

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

God knows what they do with the animals there :/ Cheap dog feed is made with disgusting animal remains like beaks and things like that, I don't think they die happy. I read about how to choose a good dog feed recently and it's kinda ****ed up, because a lot of them (even medium-quality ones) have things that are not good for your dog. 

Beaks? I can't see that being healthy. I've always used Kibbles and Bits, Purina, and Fancy Feast for my dogs and cat. Heard anything about them?

[teenagechrist 2,853]

Beaks? I can't see that being healthy. I've always used Kibbles and Bits, Purina, and Fancy Feast for my dogs and cat. Heard anything about them?

I don't know, never heard of them, I think that these are not avalaible in Spain, 

[LoveandMagic 1,731]

I don't know, never heard of them, I think that these are not avalaible in Spain, 

Okay, that makes sense. :)

[Born To Slay 10,996]

What a hilarious PR stunt. Too bad the public is too ignorant to realize that that most animals used for food are treated only slightly better then this.