An employee at a North Carolina poultry farm has been arrested after the release of an undercover video showed the man stomping on chickens and throwing them against a wall. USA Today reports that the man was arrested on animal abuse charges after animal activist group Mercy for Animals uploaded the video to YouTube earlier this week.
Mercy for Animals said that the video was shot at Deese Farm, which has a capacity of about 160,000 chickens. The farm, located in Rockingham, N.C., supplies poultry to Perdue Farms Inc. The worker claimed to have witnessed animal abuse on a daily basis during the time he worked there, From October 30 through December 4.