A pair of tom turkeys hatched and raised in Rockingham County by Cargill are heading to the nation’s capitol as the 2012 National Thanksgiving Turkeys that will be pardoned by President Obama in a November 21 White House ceremony.

The animal rights group Mercy for Animals released the surreptitiously produced film Monday, the New York Daily News reported.

She is charged with telling a Butterball staff veterinarian that an animal protection group had turned over to authorities an undercover video showing the alleged abuse of turkeys at a company facility.

3,000 turkeys for the Salvation Army of Wichita were purchased with $50,000 donated by the Wichita Cargill Cares Council and Cargill Inc.