-Caveat Lector- What the Any hypocrite who wants to see change for the better in this world had better start raising their consciousness about the suffering of the Animal Kingdom: Investigator Saw The Videotape What the Experts Say Factory Farming: Pigs PETA's Formal Complaint What You Can Do Last year, following an undercover investigation by PETA of Belcross Farm, a pig-breeding factory farm in North Carolina, Camden County Superior Court made history by handing down the first-ever felony indictments for animal cruelty by farm workers, and on May 15, 2000, the courts convicted and sentenced two of the men. One of the workers, Raymond Sanchez, was indicted on two felony counts and received a $500 fine plus $960 in court costs, 140 days in jail (with an additional 120 days suspended), and three years supervised probation. The nearly five-month sentence for Sanchez represents the strongest penalty levied against an individual for cruelty towards animals raised for food in U.S. history and sends a strong message to potential abusers across the country. Russell Crawford, who was a manager at the farm, received a $300 fine plus court costs, a 45-day suspended sentence, and two years of unsupervised probation. A third worker, Kelly Brown, awaits trial in July. A PETA investigator spent three months working incognito at the farm and took hours of video footage that revealed shocking, systematic cruelty to animals, from daily violent beatings and bludgeonings of pregnant sows with a wrench and an iron pole to workers sawing off a conscious animal's legs and skinning pigs alive. On February 10, 1999, PETA filed a formal complaint with North Carolina law enforcement authorities, which included testimony from veterinary and livestock experts. Babe star James Cromwell narrated PETA’s video about Belcross Farm. The video aired numerous times after news of the May 15th convictions. Please send a letter of thanks to the district attorney for taking the matter seriously and ensuring that these atrocities did not go unpunished. Write to: Frank Parrish District Attorney for the First Judicial District Camden County 202 E. Colonial Ave. Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Click here to read more about PETA's undercover investigation of Belcross Farm. | McCruelty to go. | Vegetarian Living | Free Vegetarian Pack | Resources for Activists | Links | Other PETA Sites | Join PETA | Top People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510; 757-622-PETA ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
