Officials Raid Turkey Semen Farm To Investigate Animal Cruelty

Shockingly, a “turkey semen collection facility” is not the kind of place you want to be — especially if you’re a turkey. A North Carolina semen-farm owned by Butterball was raided today after hidden-camera video taken by the animal rights group Mercy for Animals showed workers kicking, stomping, and dragging the birds. The investigation is apparently ongoing, but Butterball has released a statement saying it “takes these allegations very seriously and fully supports the efforts being made on the part of officials. Butterball has a zero tolerance policy for any mistreatment of our birds or the failure to immediately report mistreatment of our birds by any associates.” Mercy for Animals, on the other hand, says, “Butterball’s secret ingredient is egregious animal cruelty and neglect.”