This NBC News report caused me to feel such sadness because of the undercover video allegedly abusing cows at a Wisconsin dairy farm. Don’t people have a soul anymore or feel any remorse by their actions taken against animals? When will people realize animals have a soul, heart, and mind, and they hurt too when they’re abused?
I’d like to ask these questions to those who abuse animals, “Haven’t your pets shown you love and kindness, let you know when they’re hungry, let’s you know when they’re sick, miss you when you’re away, etc.?” What does this tell you…they have a soul, a heart and a mind and they know when they’re receiving abuse? Why is this hard for “some” people to understand?
The video shot by an undercover investigator for the animal rights group Mercy for Animals late last year exposed employees at Wiese Brothers Farm in Greenleaf, Wisconsin kicking, beating and stabbing cows and dragging the animals with ropes.
In my opinion these people need to be asked, “How would they like to be tormented before being put to death?” “Isn’t facing death enough?”
It’s my opinion it’s a disgrace for any creature on this earth to be tormented at any time even-though they’re looking death in the face at the time.
NBC News showed the video to DiGiorno Pizzas, one of the nation’s largest frozen pizza companies, who was purchasing their cheese made from Wiese Brothers’ milk and they’ve said it will no longer accept products that are made from the farm’s milk.
The owners of the farms stated in December they were “shocked and saddened” by what they had seen on the tape, and they’ve terminated two of the employees and removed another from contact with animals.
Abelardo Jaimes, Lucia Martinez and Misael Monge-Minero were charged this week by Brown County, Wisconsin prosecutors with three counts of mistreatment of animals and charged Crescencio Pineda with two counts of the same offenses. Each count carries a maximum penalty of nine months in prison and a $10,000 fine. These defendants are scheduled to make an initial appearance in a Green Bay courtroom on March 4, 2014.
Nathan Runkle, executive director of Mercy for Animals said, “These criminal charges should be a wake-up call that heartbreaking animal abuse runs rampant at DiGiorno cheese suppliers;” and also, “No socially responsible corporation should support dairy operations torturing animals.”
Nestle Pizza’s, the owner of DiGiorno, spokesperson said, “Nestle never believes animal cruelty is acceptable and they recognize it’s their responsibility to do whatever it takes to wipe-out animal cruelty from their supply chain.”
The spokesperson also stated on January 2014 Nestle Pizza did launch a new “strenuous audit program” for U.S. suppliers targeting both direct suppliers and companies providing ingredients to direct suppliers, and that “all companies in their supply chain” will be measured against the company’s standards for animal welfare.
Wiese Brothers Farms representatives have not responded to a request for a comment.
It’s my belief that those who mistreat animals need to search their souls to try and find peace within for their actions.
Barbara Kasey Smith wrote this article based on an NBC News report & video.
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NBC News.Com