Target: Tom Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture
Goal: Demand the USDA strengthen animal welfare standards on farms throughout the U.S. and ban custom-exempt slaughter.
An undercover investigation of three USDA certified, custom-exempt slaughterhouses revealed gross violations of the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. Workers at the three slaughterhouses—Operation Orlando Poultry, Operation Ali Meats, and Operation A-Poultry—were reportedly observed dragging animals inhumanely, stabbing them to death, slowing sawing off their heads, and skinning animals while still conscious. Investigators with Animal Recovery Mission allege that workers also failed to use any sort of stunning device to render the victims insensitive to pain and, so, they were fully conscious during the butchering process. Among the species found at the locations were goats, dogs and puppies, cows, donkeys, horses, sheep, rabbits, and many others.
Custom-exempt slaughterhouses, like the ones investigated here, are not uncommon throughout the United States. These facilities are exempt from federal inspection by the USDA and, as a result, can essentially do whatever they please with their animals. In addition to allowing inhumane treatment of animals, this laissez-faire way of slaughtering poses food safety risks for humans who consume the meat, especially in a time where bird flu is contaminating tens of thousands of live poultry.
Sign this petition to demand all slaughterhouses are federally inspected and stop allowing animals to be tortured in custom-exempt facilities.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Secretary Vilsack,
Animal Recovery Mission recently conducted an undercover investigation of three of Orlando’s USDA certified, custom-exempt slaughterhouses, and their reported findings are downright atrocious. According to investigators, animals were inhumanely dragged to slaughter, violently stabbed in the neck and chest, had their heads sawed off, and were skinned alive. And, as none of the three locations seemed to possess a stun gun, animals–including goats, sheep, puppies, dogs, horses, cows, rabbits, and others–remained fully conscious throughout the whole process and literally felt their skin being shredded from their bodies.
Sadly, these three slaughterhouses–namely Operation Orlando Poultry, Operation Ali Meats, and Operation A-Poultry–are only a few of the custom-exempt slaughterhouses that exist in the United States. Federal violations to animal welfare laws are already common on USDA regulated farms and slaughterhouses, so one could only imagine the horrors committed with no regulation at all. This lack of interest in the operations of custom-exempt slaughterhouses might also have dangerous implications for public health–especially in the face of bird flu resurgence–as there are no federal food safety inspections.
We are asking you, Mr. Vilsack, to demand that all slaughterhouses are federally inspected and to stop allowing animals to be tortured in custom-exempt slaughterhouses.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Garrett Ziegler
ALI MEATS….. Muslim….. what do u expect 😡😡😡😡
Wouldn’t have thought they would bother with dogs and puppies myself. All filthy human beings whatever the religion. Can’t believe this is exempt from regulations but there’s good old America for you, USDA needs a total grilling, how many times are they mentioned. Total incompetence!
That s ridiculous! Have you ever heard the word “halal” – it’s like “Kosher” in Judaism.. and originally applies to the slaughter of animals in the least cruel methods possible so that the animal experiences no fear… This is in high contrast to the Asian belief that meat tastes better when the animal has experienced terror, excreting certain biochemicals – which is sheer nonsense objectively speaking… so if you want to blame a people or a religion look to China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and some Indonesian , not Muslims.
What about the sheer terror that animals go through being put in what looks like a metal barrel that turns them upside down(while fully awake)to have the throat cut and have their life drain away to die slowly-Evil i call it-thats called Halal -because Blood must be drained (not consumed).?
Shocking. It’s so shocking that slaughter is allowed to take place with no oversight or proper regulation. America you need to step up and vastly improve your animal welfare. This damages your image as a civilised country massively.
People who are hired to do such a heart-wrenching job must have some sort of empathy for these animals or are these atrocities performed so automatic and without any sensitivity the workers don’t care. I am curious what type of personality would even be appropriate for this kind of mutilation. It saddens me to think the possibility of anyone enjoying this work. I am sure if the roles were reversed a person being harmed would have something to say. I think it would be quite the opportunity to interview someone who slaughters animals for a living.
Lilypearl
They would probably employ people who show signs of a mental disorder, psychopath comes to mind. Must have abused animals as a child and show signs of wanting to harm human beings.
Lots of people who can’t get other jobs readily … you get desensitized to it when you have a quota to fulfill – the companies force the workers to have slaughter so many animals per minute or hour. And just killing desensitized anyone to more killing. The whole system has to change in factory farming! Its set up to be sheer evil. We need to remember that as we unpack the sanitary Saran Wrap off a pound of hamburger where it actually came from.
Yes i think they should do the same as they did with Tobbacco -Pictures of what happens to poor Slaughter House Animals.?
Disgusting individuals who are completely without morals. Perhaps they’d like to try it.
Opino lo mismo Juan!!!
Damn these monsters to hell!
May these cruel human monsters physcopaths burn in hell for your cruelty you are all sick in the head
Get these monsters investigated and hope justice is done
I totally agree with you!!
The USDA is a bunch of worthless scum! They don’t do their job of protecting animals. It’s sickening what humans get away with when it comes to harming animals.
Skin their babies alive for payment of their wrong. Hate human babies anyways.
Please stop this cruel practice
Shut the hell holes down and give these monsters the same treatment! Pure evil! 🤬
All living creatures deserve to live without fear, terror, torture, abuse
We all can do our part to stop the monstrosity of animal slaughter: STOP EATING OTHER ANIMALS. No matter how they are handled and killed they endure utter terror and suffering. The earth is bountiful with healthy, delicious foods that don’s scream and bleed. Your compassion will be rewarded with better health and a clear conscience.
So horrible. I can’t imagine pain and anguish these poor animals endure. I do not understand why the USDA allows these inhumane practices to happen. Evidently, they don’t care!!!
I hope the families of every fucking cunt who’s doing this, dies. I hope they’re left alone on this earth with internal suffering that goes beyond what they’ve done to these poor animals. I hope they’re left so utterly and totally alone that they try to kill themselves, but fail, because they’re that fucking pathetic. Then I hope they get stomped by the animals they harm… And still live. I fucking hate them.
Horrific and repugnant. There are no words harsh enough to describe this level of depravity. Nothing alive should be treated this way. I have to say, I truly don’t understand other human beings that can do anything like this to animals of any kind, sea or land. I understand people are going to eat meat and use animal products but animals do not have to be tortured in the process.
Would live on the streets before I would take such a horrible job! This is so disgusting & must be stopped!
Once the world [humans] get a grip on kindness and compassion to all the lives we SHARE this planet with, we will then turn to our fellow humans with that same kind demeanour, and ONLY THEN will the human race have a stable attitude to take care of the environment!! ANY human that cannot conform to kindness MUST BE PUNISHED. CRUELTY AND TREACHERY IS NOT TO BE TOLERATED in any way shape or form!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!
This inhumanity needs to stop.
DON’T EAT ANY MORE MEAT!!! ABSOLUTELY UNNECESSARY!!!!
Tom Vilsack…
STOP all these vicious atrocities..!! THERE IS NO REASON TO TREAT ANY BEING SO VICIOUSLY!
I IMPLORE YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING!
GET ALL THESE HOUSES INSPECTED FREQUENTLY WITHOUT FAIL. If they don’t comply SHUT THEM DOWN…CHARGE THEM….FINE THEM…SHUT THEM ALL DOWN. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ABUSE ANY ANIMAL IN ANY WAY ARE DANGEROUS HUMANS!!!!
HUMANS THAT TREAT ANIMALS LIKE THEY ARE NOTHING WILL ONE DAY PAY THE PIPER. THOSE THAT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY AND STAND COMPLICIT
WILL ONE DAY PAY FEEL WHAT EVERY INNOCENT BEING FELT!!!
Das sind Monster absoluter Abschaum, mit ihnen sollte man das gleiche machen damit sie den grausamen Schmerz genauso fühlen,es sind Sadisten, dieses grausame abschlachten muss sofort gestoppt werden. Diese armen Tiere müssen grausames ertragen es ist unvorstellbar und eine Schande die nie wieder gut zu machen ist was jede dieser armen Seelen ertragen mussten.
This is disgusting… who does this is a monster and who allows it is a monster too!
Sick “people” with no humanity…