Latest animal rights undercover video targets Bell & Evans
Compassion Over Killing, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruenty and promoting vegetarian eating, has released a video that it claims was recorded at a Bell & Evans hatchery in Fredericksburg, Pa. In the video, baby chicks are dropped on conveyor belts and thrown about by machinery before being sent to farms, said Erica Meier, director of Compassion Over Killing. Sick or injured live chicks are seen being dumped into a grinder.
A Bell & Evans spokesman said that the company has not verified that the video was shot at its facility, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tom Stone, director of sales and marketing for Bell & Evans, said Monday that the video was under review but said he would decline to comment further until more facts were known.