The organization sent an undercover investigator to look into allegations made by a former employee in May. That employee worked for Daisy Farms for over a year.
The PETA undercover investigator captured video of the animals while working at Daisy Farms in Paris over the summer.
The video shows a worker kicking a calf in the head. Daisy Farms says that employee was terminated after their management team conducted an investigation over the matter.
PETA says other complaints brought to management were ignored. They claim the animals were not properly cared for after suffering and abuse claims were reported to management onsite.
"The abuse and the neglect was repeatedly brought to the attention of the manager onsite at the farm and it is he himself who rejected requests to call a veterinarian," said Dan Paden, PETA Associate Director of Evidence Analysis.
"PETA also documented that workers force-fed the calves milk so carelessly that some aspirated the fluid and drowned. Workers punched, jabbed, kicked, and twisted the tails of cows— even those who were in labor— and no veterinarian was ever seen or said to be caring for some cows whose tails had been severed. Used-up cows were sent off to slaughter."
Daisy Farms' Ben Sokolsky released the following statement regarding the video footage and allegations:
"There is no question the video PETA presented shocks and greatly disappoints me, the management team and the entire employee base at Daisy Farms. I would like to unequivocally state that this video is not a representation of who we are and does not represent how we feel animals should be treated.
"Our management team regularly reviews our practices and procedures, and in light of this video footage, we have engaged a third party audit firm to investigate and evaluate our operations and policies related to animal welfare and identify where we can improve.
"The mission of Daisy Farms is to milk healthy and happy cows. It is what we believe in as individuals and collectively as an organization."
Ben, you've got to come up with something better than that... oh, you're "disappointed". After all of these undercover videos have come out over the years, why don't you have surveillance cameras in all your barns? Let these employees know they are being watched ALL THE TIME - just like in a bank! Why is that so hard to do??
The Lamar County Sheriff's Department is investigating.
(KXII-TV - Oct 13, 2015)
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