Article: Prosecutor says workers in chicken cruelty case will not be charged

VICKI SMITH, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-12-2005
Dateline: MORGANTOWN, West Virginia
Former workers at a chicken processing plant who were caught on tape allegedly kicking, stomping and slamming chickens against the wall will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor said.

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.

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