DES MOINES, Iowa – Authorities on Wednesday charged six employees with animal abuse and neglect in connection with a video obtained by an animal rights group that showed workers abusing pigs.
Reports said that the investigation started after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) released a video about a month ago of workers at a farm in Bayard, Iowa abusing the pigs. The farm is owned by MowMar Farms LLP of Fairmont, Minn., and supplies Hormel Foods Corp. of Austin, Minn.