No charges in chicken choking case

[Analog]

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (AP) -- Former workers at a processing plant who were caught on tape allegedly kicking, stomping and slamming chickens against a wall will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Ginny Conley, head of a state prosecutors' organization, said that while the incident at the Pilgrims Pride plant in Moorefield was disturbing, it does not warrant criminal charges because "these were chickens in a slaughterhouse." The plant serves as a supplier to KFC restaurants.

"It needs to be handled more on a regulatory end than prosecuting someone criminally," she said.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which secretly recorded the alleged torture in July and pressed for the case to be prosecuted, condemned the decision Tuesday and vowed to keep fighting.

CNN

 

[Stumps]

hehe choking ya chicken..

 

[Mo0o]

What constitutes animal cruelty and which animals apply? OBviously if i take a magnifying glass to some ants im not going to get sued by PETA

 

[So]

lol

That's pretty bad, but I guess I can see why no charges can be filed.

They'll probably get fired though. That's just unprofessional.

And sadistic.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Originally posted by: So
lol

That's pretty bad, but I guess I can see why no charges can be filed.

They'll probably get fired though. That's just unprofessional.

And sadistic.

Yeah, they are gone.

Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride fired 11 employees following the release of the video by PETA last summer and provided animal cruelty training to its work force at its 24 North American plants.

 

[Stumps]

at least the aren't supplying rabbits to KFC like some unamed companies where here back in the 80's

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
What constitutes animal cruelty and which animals apply? OBviously if i take a magnifying glass to some ants im not going to get sued by PETA

If they knew about it, you would. The thing is, sane people would ignore them and the judge would throw it out.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Stumps
at least the aren't supplying rabbits to KFC like some unamed companies where here back in the 80's

Meh, as long as I don't know and it's sanitary, I don't care if if it's bugs.

 

[skace]

I think I agree with the ruling. Let the company force animal cruelty classes and fire the retards.

 

[Stumps]

actually rabbit tastes better than chicken, and I'm sure if they are breed like chickens are health issues wouldn't be a problem, but to kill fuzzy bunnies, man that would get all the tree huggers whinging

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Stumps
at least the aren't supplying rabbits to KFC like some unamed companies where here back in the 80's

Meh, as long as I don't know and it's sanitary, I don't care if if it's bugs.

You are what you eat...

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Stumps
at least the aren't supplying rabbits to KFC like some unamed companies where here back in the 80's

Meh, as long as I don't know and it's sanitary, I don't care if if it's bugs.

You are what you eat...

I'm oatmeal?

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
What constitutes animal cruelty and which animals apply? OBviously if i take a magnifying glass to some ants im not going to get sued by PETA

If they find out about it, you just may...

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Stumps
actually rabbit tastes better than chicken

I just thought of a new idea for a fast food restaurant. :Q

 

[aidanjm]

That isn't acceptable. The situation warrants prosecution. Those assholes should be fined tens of thousands of dollars, maybe even receive jail time. Hopefully PETA will mount a publicity campaign against KFC.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
What constitutes animal cruelty and which animals apply? OBviously if i take a magnifying glass to some ants im not going to get sued by PETA

Don't bet on it.

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
That isn't acceptable. The situation warrants prosecution. Those assholes should be finded tens of thousands of dollars, maybe even receive jail time. Hopefully PETA will mount a publicity campaign against KFC.

Wow, I guess your grandmom should be dragged off to jail for cutting the heads off chickens and letting them run around until they run out of blood.

 

[jjones]

Nothing like a little meat tenderizing.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
That isn't acceptable. The situation warrants prosecution. Those assholes should be fined tens of thousands of dollars, maybe even receive jail time. Hopefully PETA will mount a publicity campaign against KFC.

Dude, it takes someone a little weird in the head to work at a place like that. You wanna take over for them when they all get fired cause someone's gotta do it.

I knew a guy who worked in a pig slaughterhouse. The dead pigs would come on hooks above him and he'd ram a knife into their bellys, split them open, yank their guts out, and then push a button for the next one.

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: aidanjm
That isn't acceptable. The situation warrants prosecution. Those assholes should be fined tens of thousands of dollars, maybe even receive jail time. Hopefully PETA will mount a publicity campaign against KFC.

Dude, it takes someone a little weird in the head to work at a place like that. You wanna take over for them when they all get fired cause someone's gotta do it.

I knew a guy who worked in a pig slaughterhouse. The dead pigs would come on hooks above him and he'd ram a knife into their bellys, split them open, yank their guts out, and then push a button for the next one.

From silverpig?

 

[Looney]

I have nothing against eating meat, and love it... and i believe it's the natural order for us to kill and eat them. But i also believe that as thinking humans, we should be giving these animals as best a life as we can.

 

[Perknose]

Those chicken chokers are real jerkoffs. :|

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Stumps
actually rabbit tastes better than chicken, and I'm sure if they are breed like chickens are health issues wouldn't be a problem, but to kill fuzzy bunnies, man that would get all the tree huggers whinging

No, it's because fuzzy bunnies are cute, and chickens are nothing but ugly unbattered eggmakers that cluck.

- M4H