USA: Butterball Employees Arrested for Cruelty to Animals Following MFA Investigation

By Nathan Runkle

February 15, 2012

MFA's undercover investigation into a Butterball turkey factory farm has led to felony and misdemeanor animal cruelty charges against five Butterball employees by state authorities. Additionally, Dr. Sarah Jean Mason, the director of Animal Health Programs with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, has pled guilty to obstruction of justice charges after admitting to leaking confidential information to Butterball and potentially compromising the criminal cruelty investigation by state law enforcement officials....

Source: Butterball Employees Arrested for Cruelty to Animals Following MFA Investigation
Author: Mercy for Animals

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