Central Valley Meat shut down after animal abuse video surfaces
USDA officials have shut down Central Valley Meat Co., located in Hanford, Calif., after receiving a an undercover video showing alleged instances of animal abuse. The video came from Compassion over Killing, an animal welfare group that sent an undercover investigator to the slaughterhouse. The employee made the video over a two-week period in June.
The video shows dairy cows, some unable to walk, being repeatedly shocked and shot before being slaughtered, the Associated Press reports. In another instance, an employee is seen standing on a cow to suffocate it after an attempt to stun it failed. Another animal is seen fstill conscious and flailing after being shackled and sent to the slaughter area.