Ok I haven't been here in a few days and I have spent the morning catching up on stories I have missed.
I can't beleive that noone posted about this, so I will.
Taken from Chicago Sun Times
PETA video catches KFC supplier throwing, kicking chickens
July 21, 2004
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- An investigator for an animal rights group captured video of chickens being kicked, stomped and thrown against a wall by workers at a supplier for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The footage, released online Tuesday, was secretly taken at the Pilgrim's Pride plant in Moorefield, W.Va., by an investigator for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals who worked there from October to May.
PETA said its investigator also obtained eyewitness testimony about employees ''ripping birds' beaks off, spray-painting their faces, twisting their heads off, spitting tobacco into their mouths and eyes, and breaking them in half -- all while the birds are still alive.''
Pilgrim's Pride spokesman Ray Atkinson said the company is appalled by what it saw on the video and will fire any workers who are found to have violated policies on animal welfare.
KFC spokeswoman Bonnie Warschauer said in a statement that KFC told Pilgrim's Pride it will buy no more chickens from that plant unless the supplier provides assurances the abuses are no longer taking place. AP
And here is an update to it
Plant fires 11 workers over abuse of chickens
July 22, 2004
BY VICKI SMITH
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A poultry processing plant fired 11 workers on Wednesday, a day after an animal rights group released a secretly shot video of workers kicking, stomping and smashing chickens against walls at the West Virginia facility.
Pilgrim's Pride, a supplier for KFC chicken restaurants, said three of those fired at its plant in Moorefield were managers and eight were hourly workers.
''We will continue with this investigation until we're confident that every employee -- regardless of rank -- who had knowledge of these incidents has been held accountable for their actions,'' president and chief operating officer O.B. Goolsby said Wednesday.
Pilgrim's Pride, based in Pittsburg, Texas, said it has put quality assurance monitors on both shifts at the plant, and managers at its 24 other North American plants were told to educate workers about animal welfare policies.
The grainy videotape, which was released over the Internet, was secretly recorded between October and May by an investigator with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The group said its investigator also obtained eyewitness testimony about employees ''ripping birds' beaks off, spray-painting their faces, twisting their heads off, spitting tobacco into their mouths and eyes, and breaking them in half -- all while the birds are still alive.''
KFC President Gregg Dedrick said the fast-food company will stop buying from the Moorefield plant until Pilgrim's Pride can ensure no future abuse will occur. KFC also will place a full-time inspector in the plant to watch for further abuse.
AP
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I agree, it is horable. 
