06-01-2010, 03:42 AM
Look I know that our food supply is not necessarily treated the way it should be and that cruelty to animals is just a fact of life for the farmers that sometimes have to emotionally detach from the what they have to do to provide the food to us, but this is FREAKING FLAT OUT WRONG! I couldn't watch the whole video in its entirety about 20 seconds was all I needed.
IF YOU HAVE A SOFT HEART OR A WEAK STOMACH DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO!!
THIS FARM/TORTURE CHAMBER NEEDS TO BE CLOSED DOWN!
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/shu...al_cruelty
Please at least sign this petition, get this out to every person you know. Call the telephone number and complain!
Gary Conklin, owner of Conklin Dairy Farms, located at 12939 US Highway 42 N Plain City, Ohio 43064-8748 (telephone number (614) 873-8024)
Petition Text
SHUT DOWN CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AND ARREST AND CHARGE GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW WITH EXTREME ANIMAL CR
Dear Elected Officials,
Gary Conklin, owner of Conklin Dairy Farms, located at 12939 US Highway 42 N Plain City, Ohio 43064-8748 (telephone number (614) 873-8024) and his crew were filmed by Mercy For Animals committing horrific acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture. During these horrific acts, ALL of the offenders were filmed laughing and joking about how they enjoy torturing these poor animals.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!
This is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYTkM1OHF...r_embedded#!
Please watch the video and see for yourself just how cruel and sadistic these horrific acts of violence against innocent animals are. I assure you that you will be equally shocked and horrified by these sadistic acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture THIS MUST END NOW!!!
Gary Conklin, of Conklin Dairy Cattle Sales LLC, said Tuesday night in an e-mailed statement. "We will not condone animal abuse on our farm."
I have watched the video in it's entirety. Gary Conklin is on the video (at the 1:25 counter) and he is clearly abusing a cow. Gary Conklin is kicking the cow in the face, head and neck numerous times with extreme force!!! His claims of not condoning abuse can only be described as an out and out BOLD FACED LIE!!!
We The Undersigned Are Alarmed And Shocked That These Acts Of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty And Extreme Animal Torture Have Occurred And That They Have Been Allowed To Continue!!!
We The Undersigned Demand That CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AT 12939 US HIGHWAY 42 IN N PLAIN CITY, OHIO IS SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND THAT GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW ARE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE!!!
We The Undersigned Demand That Gary Conklin And All Of The Abusers Seen On The Video Are Found Guilty Of EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE And That Gary Conklin And All Of The Abusers Seen On The Video Receive The MAXIMUM PENALTY Allowed By Law!!!
We The Undersigned Request That These Poor Abused And Tortured Animals Be Sent To An Animal Sanctuary Where They Can Live Out The Remainder Of Their Lives Free From Acts Of Animal Abuse, Animal Cruelty And Animal Torture.
"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"
~ Joan E Loza Mobry
Thank You For You Prompt And Direct Attention To This Very Serious Matter.
Respectfully,
Joan E Loza Mobry
Asswipe arrested!
Billy Joe Gregg Jr., 25
CLEVELAND -- A dairy farm worker was charged Wednesday with 12 counts of cruelty to animals after a welfare group released a video it says shows him and others beating cows with crowbars and poking them with pitchforks.
The video was recorded in an undercover investigation at Conklin Dairy Farms Inc., said Mercy For Animals, a not-for-profit group that publicizes what it calls cruel practices in the dairy, meat and egg industries and promotes a vegan diet.
The video shows workers holding down newborn calves and stomping on their heads. It shows one worker wiring a cow's nose to a metal bar near the ground and repeatedly beating it with another bar while it bleeds.
The charged worker, Billy Joe Gregg Jr., 25, was jailed in Mechanicsburg and was to be arraigned Thursday, Marysville prosecutor Tim Aslaner said. The Delaware, Ohio, resident didn't have a lawyer, the Marysville Municipal Court said. A telephone number listed under his name was disconnected.
Each cruelty to animals count he faces has a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $750 fine.
Conklin Dairy Farms, a fourth-generation family operation based in Plain City, condemned the video footage and said Gregg was fired on Wednesday. It said it was cooperating with authorities.
"We will not condone animal abuse on our farm," the dairy said in a statement released Wednesday. "We have launched our own internal investigation into this matter and will be conducting interviews with everyone on our farm who works with our animals."
The sheriff's office said the investigation was ongoing and may result in further charges.
Investigators are reviewing about 20 hours of raw video footage the animal welfare group says it secretly recorded at the farm between April 28 and Sunday.
Sheriff's deputies were called to the dairy to provide security while Gregg was fired. When deputies asked why Gregg was being fired, they learned about the video, which had been presented to the Marysville prosecutor's office on Monday.
"We hadn't even seen the YouTube video," Chief Deputy Tom Morgan said.
Morgan said there are three to four people featured in the video. He said the footage shows Gregg punching and striking cattle in the face and various parts of their bodies with metal pipes and pitchforks.
"We've got a lot of video that has to be reviewed," he said. "And we have to identify who all is involved."
Last year, Mercy For Animals, which is based in Chicago, released a video showing workers at an Iowa egg hatchery tossing male chicks into a grinder. Industry groups said such instantaneous euthanasia was a common practice because male chicks can't lay eggs or be raised quickly enough to be sold for meat.
IF YOU HAVE A SOFT HEART OR A WEAK STOMACH DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO!!
THIS FARM/TORTURE CHAMBER NEEDS TO BE CLOSED DOWN!
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/shu...al_cruelty
Please at least sign this petition, get this out to every person you know. Call the telephone number and complain!
Gary Conklin, owner of Conklin Dairy Farms, located at 12939 US Highway 42 N Plain City, Ohio 43064-8748 (telephone number (614) 873-8024)
Petition Text
SHUT DOWN CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AND ARREST AND CHARGE GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW WITH EXTREME ANIMAL CR
Dear Elected Officials,
Gary Conklin, owner of Conklin Dairy Farms, located at 12939 US Highway 42 N Plain City, Ohio 43064-8748 (telephone number (614) 873-8024) and his crew were filmed by Mercy For Animals committing horrific acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture. During these horrific acts, ALL of the offenders were filmed laughing and joking about how they enjoy torturing these poor animals.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!
This is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYTkM1OHF...r_embedded#!
Please watch the video and see for yourself just how cruel and sadistic these horrific acts of violence against innocent animals are. I assure you that you will be equally shocked and horrified by these sadistic acts of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty and Extreme Animal Torture THIS MUST END NOW!!!
Gary Conklin, of Conklin Dairy Cattle Sales LLC, said Tuesday night in an e-mailed statement. "We will not condone animal abuse on our farm."
I have watched the video in it's entirety. Gary Conklin is on the video (at the 1:25 counter) and he is clearly abusing a cow. Gary Conklin is kicking the cow in the face, head and neck numerous times with extreme force!!! His claims of not condoning abuse can only be described as an out and out BOLD FACED LIE!!!
We The Undersigned Are Alarmed And Shocked That These Acts Of Extreme Animal Abuse, Extreme Animal Cruelty And Extreme Animal Torture Have Occurred And That They Have Been Allowed To Continue!!!
We The Undersigned Demand That CONKLIN DAIRY FARMS AT 12939 US HIGHWAY 42 IN N PLAIN CITY, OHIO IS SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND THAT GARY CONKLIN AND HIS CREW ARE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE!!!
We The Undersigned Demand That Gary Conklin And All Of The Abusers Seen On The Video Are Found Guilty Of EXTREME ANIMAL ABUSE, EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY AND EXTREME ANIMAL TORTURE And That Gary Conklin And All Of The Abusers Seen On The Video Receive The MAXIMUM PENALTY Allowed By Law!!!
We The Undersigned Request That These Poor Abused And Tortured Animals Be Sent To An Animal Sanctuary Where They Can Live Out The Remainder Of Their Lives Free From Acts Of Animal Abuse, Animal Cruelty And Animal Torture.
"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"
~ Joan E Loza Mobry
Thank You For You Prompt And Direct Attention To This Very Serious Matter.
Respectfully,
Joan E Loza Mobry
Asswipe arrested!
Billy Joe Gregg Jr., 25
CLEVELAND -- A dairy farm worker was charged Wednesday with 12 counts of cruelty to animals after a welfare group released a video it says shows him and others beating cows with crowbars and poking them with pitchforks.
The video was recorded in an undercover investigation at Conklin Dairy Farms Inc., said Mercy For Animals, a not-for-profit group that publicizes what it calls cruel practices in the dairy, meat and egg industries and promotes a vegan diet.
The video shows workers holding down newborn calves and stomping on their heads. It shows one worker wiring a cow's nose to a metal bar near the ground and repeatedly beating it with another bar while it bleeds.
The charged worker, Billy Joe Gregg Jr., 25, was jailed in Mechanicsburg and was to be arraigned Thursday, Marysville prosecutor Tim Aslaner said. The Delaware, Ohio, resident didn't have a lawyer, the Marysville Municipal Court said. A telephone number listed under his name was disconnected.
Each cruelty to animals count he faces has a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $750 fine.
Conklin Dairy Farms, a fourth-generation family operation based in Plain City, condemned the video footage and said Gregg was fired on Wednesday. It said it was cooperating with authorities.
"We will not condone animal abuse on our farm," the dairy said in a statement released Wednesday. "We have launched our own internal investigation into this matter and will be conducting interviews with everyone on our farm who works with our animals."
The sheriff's office said the investigation was ongoing and may result in further charges.
Investigators are reviewing about 20 hours of raw video footage the animal welfare group says it secretly recorded at the farm between April 28 and Sunday.
Sheriff's deputies were called to the dairy to provide security while Gregg was fired. When deputies asked why Gregg was being fired, they learned about the video, which had been presented to the Marysville prosecutor's office on Monday.
"We hadn't even seen the YouTube video," Chief Deputy Tom Morgan said.
Morgan said there are three to four people featured in the video. He said the footage shows Gregg punching and striking cattle in the face and various parts of their bodies with metal pipes and pitchforks.
"We've got a lot of video that has to be reviewed," he said. "And we have to identify who all is involved."
Last year, Mercy For Animals, which is based in Chicago, released a video showing workers at an Iowa egg hatchery tossing male chicks into a grinder. Industry groups said such instantaneous euthanasia was a common practice because male chicks can't lay eggs or be raised quickly enough to be sold for meat.