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Georgia poultry farmer loses contract after video shows him abusing chickens

Hens are seen here at a chicken farm. A Georgia farmer is losing his contract with Pilgrim’s Pride after the Humane Society of the U.S. caught him on video abusing chickens.

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Credit: Jamie McDonald

Hens are seen here at a chicken farm. A Georgia farmer is losing his contract with Pilgrim’s Pride after the Humane Society of the U.S. caught him on video abusing chickens.
By Marlon A. Walker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 2, 2017

The Humane Society of the United States secretly recorded a Georgia poultry farmer hitting a chicken with a metal rod.

Now, the owner of Plainview Farm in Hull is expected to lose his contract with Pilgrim’s Pride, a major chicken producer.

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A HSUS spokesman said the investigation involved various facilities of Pilgrim's Pride, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.

A HSUS representative made the video while at the farm, during a covert operation.

Another video that has surfaced shows chickens being “violently shackled” in a Pilgrim’s Pride slaughterhouse in Texas, officials said.

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