COK's Undercover Video Prompts Authorities to Impound Dozens of Farm Animals
Compassion Over Killing (COK) is releasing an undercover video today that reveals shocking abuses inside Cal-Cruz Hatcheries, a chicken and duck hatchery in Santa Cruz, California. While employed at the facility for nearly a month in 2009, a COK investigator used a hidden camera to document the miseries forced upon newly-hatched birds. Our video footage was immediately turned over to the Santa Cruz County Animal Services Authority and the District Attorney's Office. A lengthy follow-up investigation conducted by humane law enforcement corroborated COK's evidence of abuse and neglect and also prompted authorities to impound 88 ducklings, many of whom have been sent to a sanctuary.
Despite COK's undercover video evidence and the additional documentation by authorities, the District Attorney's office held the case for several months, and recently told Compassion Over Killing it is declining to prosecute the hatchery for violations of state animal protection laws.
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