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
Someone skin these cruel and disgusting monsters. Absolutely unnecessary intention ceuelty.
I agree…………..!!!!
These scumbags should be tortured themselves to know how that pain feels. They are evil & I hope they burn in hell.
The American authorities who allow this to happen by giving these places a licence should hang their heads in shame. As for the pieces of shit who work at these places, perhaps someone will skin them alive and then slowly decapitate them!
Absolutely
TOTALLY AGREE VAL and as for the less than human beings who perform these barbaric acts on these poor and innocent animals you will all burn in hell the devil already has your sole!!!
WHY !!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to puke
so much endless SUFFERING of these poor animals by these monsters of people.
why does god allow this hell on earth by these murderers and animal tormentors – WHY !!!!!!!!!!!!
red in hell
y love you my poor angels
This is Muslim meat. Halal meat. That by itself speaks volumes
Exactly, why are they above the law because they follow some backward cult? Halal murder should be banned in a civilised country, follow the laws of the country or get out.
Evil sick sadist bastards I hope you get your karma u you scum
Yes, humans are reaping their evil karma of hatred and indifference towards animals and nature
Humans will need to change rapidly if they want to continue to coexist on planet earth with animals and nature – otherwise humans will soon become extinct because there will be no food sources
Inflicting pain intentionally to other beings is CRUELTY and should be judge as such. We should have a petition DEMANDING all these three facilities to be shut and ALL OWNERS and “WORKERS” charged with FELONY for animal cruelty and banned to be in close proximity from any kind of animal. They’ve proven are incompetent to be close to live animals and clearly do not respect life.
HOW DEPRRAVED AND UTTERLY DISGUSTING THAT WE HABE TO PETITION TO STOP ANIMALS BEING SKINNED ALIVE???? HOW hideous does it have to be before those responsible are prosecuted, and those responsible for enforcing animal protection laws are removed from office????
WHY ARE WE PAYING OFFICIALS (SECRETARY VISLACK) WHEN WE HAVE TO PETITION TO STOP ANIMALS FROM BEING SKINNED ALIVE????
THESE MONSTERS, COWARD-ASS BASTARDS!!! AND THEN THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO GET SURVEILLANCE TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF OFFICIEALS WHO ARE PAID TO PROSECUTE ANIMAL CRUELTY. . . THE WHISTLEBLOWERS GET PROSECUTED BY EQUALLY LAZY PROSECKUTORS!!!!
AND WE WONDER WHY WE’RE WITNESSING A DOWNWARD SPIRAL TO THE ENTIRE “CIVILIZATION”??
Stop this crazy custom. Put yourself in the position of those poor animals…
Agree all comments round these cruel bastards up and stab and skin them alive. What’s wrong with this world and Governments they are just as bad for this horrific cruelty. Innocent Animals do not need this.
GO VEGAN and this shocking cruelty will END very soon.
VEGAN is the only ethical eating option and LIFESTYLE, because it’s totally CRUELTY-FREE! Don’t be hypocrites and liars speaking for the animals, if you still eat meat, dairy and eggs.
Moreover, VEGAN is healthy, tasty and available in all supermarkets.
MONSTERS are YOU, paying daily for animal exploitation, but expecting “love”!
VEGAN – make the right choice! BE THE CHANGE!
This “EVIL TREATMENT” is happening overseas!!!! All those evil demons deserve to extremely punished for such horrible horrible painful suffering!!!! KARMA TO ALL THOSE BASTARDS!!!!
I gave up all that 24 years ago and om doing just fine
Stop this horrendous cruelty NOW!!!
Shut down any and all animal butchers!
Bloody hell ! Shut this hell hole down. Lock up those monsters for a very long time. 🤬
STOP ALL THIS ANIMAL CRUELTY BY SKINNING ALL LIVING ANIMALS IMMEDIATELY AND BAN THIS PROCEDUTES PRONTO!!! These CRUEL & ABUSIVE IDIOTS should be SKINNED ALIVE AND ALL THEIR HAIR ON THEIR BODIES SHOULD BEEN PLUCKED OUT ONE BY ONE!!!!!
OMG!!! YOU PEOPLE ARE PURE EVIL FOR DOING THIS!!!! STOP SKINNING ANIMALS ALIVE!!!!!! BAN THIS FOREVER!!!!!
SSHAME ON HUMANS!!! Go vegan. SO MUCH ANIMAL CRUELTY AND MURDER! EVIL MONSTER!!!!!
Florida of course. That’s despicable. Shit them down and arrest them
Tom Vilsack is a “trumper.” Appointed by trump, does Not care about animal welfare–just like the trump boys who have a well known history for killing animals in Africa for “fun.”
Shut up you are freaking clueless!!!!
THIS “EVIL IS HAPPENING OVERSEAS”!!!!
Well and one that’s a Trumper should die in hell
All the animals must be rescued and sent to sanctuaries. All those places must be shut down immediately & permanently. All owners & workers from those places must all be sent to prison. Each person gets 10 years in prison with no early parole, each person pays a $500,000 fine, & every person must be banned for life from owning or working with any animals ever again. All must be banned for life from opening slaughterhouses again. Real justice would be to stab and skin alive all those people. Laws for slaughterhouses/farms must be changed all over the world and made 100% stricter to save the animals from torture and inhumane killings