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Article: PETA seeks charge against a pig farm
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 13, 2007
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NORFOLK, Va. -- An animal-rights group said Tuesday its
undercover investigation has documented animal cruelty at a pig-
breeding farm that supplies Smithfield Foods Inc., the nation's
largest hog producer and pork processor.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked local
authorities to file charges against Murphy Family Ventures LLC,
which owns the Garland, N.C., farm.
PETA also planned to send a letter Wednesday to Smithfield Foods
Chairman and CEO C. Larry Pope asking the Smithfield-based company
to demand that Murphy Family Ventures fire workers found abusing
animals. The letter also would urge Smithfield Foods to conduct its
own investigations of its supplier farms and ...