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Tyson Foods has fired a pig farm
after NBC showed company video love
abusive pigs slamming pegs on the ground little pigs
and other disturbing stuff and tyson primes the nation's largest meat
producer they say they have
ended their contract with an Oklahoma farm
after the NBC News undercover video they said were extremely disappointed by the
mistreatment shown in the video
and will not tolerate this kind I've animal
mishandling we are immediately terminating our contract now the owner
of the farm said the video
showed mistreatment of animals and he took action on his own he fired the
employee seen in the video of course
that implies this is just a one-person problem
seems unlikely at Tyson Foods
owns the animals on the farm well haring
owns the farm itself and provides me to Tyson Foods
under a contract now Paul sunburned who's the vice president for science and
technology at the National Pork Board
says that it is common to use what is called the blunt
fourth force euthanasia on animals sometimes it becomes necessary because
I've
ill health why is the Pork Board saying what was in the video is fine
if both tyson and the farm are saying that within the video is not find Louis
it seems like
somebody is trying to do some public relations here
right well but the board
doesn't have to worry about that of course you've got two companies
the on the other hand they're doing damage control
is it purely a result it back I don't know is the stuff happening all over the
place
I hope not well remember is it happening all over the place or not
there are these Ag gag laws which which make it illegal to do undercover video
or filming at slaughterhouses an animal me treatment plants
this is exactly the type of journalism the NBC news video that we wouldn't have
if everyone followed that if every state had these Ag add laws
and it's fascinating because tyson on
on on paper said that this was horrible that they are glad to be aware of it and
that their
changing their contract but at the same time companies like Tyson try to make it
illegal to even take these videos what a double standard is it Lewis
it's pretty amazing just the fact that the zag gags
exist in the first place is is mind-blowing I
its its I'm sure in other countries this is just
laughably ridiculous