Butterball to fire any employees shown abusing turkeys in new video
Officials at Butterball say any employees abusing birds will be fired after an undercover video caught workers kicking and dragging the animals. The animal rights group Mercy for Animals released the surreptitiously produced film Monday, the New York Daily News reported.
Butterball acknowledged the video in a statement Wednesday and said it would fire "any employee found to have violated our animal care and well-being guidelines, as well as any employee who witnessed abuse and failed to report it."