When AFGE and other consumer groups delivered nearly 150,000 petitions to the USDA on April 20, Federal Times videographer Blair Tomlinson was there to capture the delivery. Click on the below link to view the report that she filed.
The government wants to partially privatize the poultry inspections process and let the companies that slaughter the chickens and turkeys do their own inspections. These are for-profit companies that are only out to make a buck. Do you really think they will do as thorough a job examining their product as federal inspectors?
If you have any doubt that this is a horrible idea, check out the video below. It shows secretly filmed footage filmed inside factory farm operations, giving you a rare glimpse into how these animals are treated before they make it to your dinner table or grocery store shelf. Would you trust these companies to conduct an honest and thorough inspection of the animals once they are slaughtered, if this is how they’re treated when they’re alive?
WARNING: The footage is graphic and shows distressing instances of animal cruelty and abuse.
LET THEM EAT CHICKEN 