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Time to Hold All Parties Responsible in Animal Cruelty Cases
Activists aiming to capture video footage at agriculture jobs
The Animal Agriculture Alliance is concerned that a growing number of activist groups are intentionally hiring individuals to seek illicit employment on farms and in processing plants solely for the purpose of capturing video that shows the mishandling of animals. The Alliance thinks it is time to hold all parties responsible, including the person or persons responsible for videotaping the event.
The Alliance is concerned that the activist employees providing the tapes are not held accountable for their failure to follow company animal care policies and their failure to immediately report mistreatment to the farm owners or managers. Instead, the videos are produced and released directly to the media - often months later - allowing the alleged mistreatment to continue.
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