Caged and Hauled Off to Slaughter Just Like Turkeys Killed for Butterball

Turkeys cried out, struggled, and tried to escape as workers carried them upside down by only the legs, without supporting their weight. Some workers held one bird in each hand as the turkeys frantically flapped their wings.

 

They were crammed into cages on a truck, where they’d have to stay for at least 12 hours—without food or water—en route to a slaughterhouse in Ohio. One of Reese’s contract farmers noted that the turkeys “can’t move their wings [or] legs. … The big turkeys are pretty crammed in.”

 

 

She acknowledged that the birds die in transport because “they just get scared.” A worker added that they “trample … each other.”

 

 

At the slaughterhouse, they’d be shackled upside down and their throats would be slit—just like turkeys killed for Butterball.