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All Parties Should be Held Responsible in Animal Cruelty Cases

It is the concern of the Animal Agriculture Alliance that a growing number of activist groups are intentionally hiring individuals to seek illicit employment on farms and in processing plants solely for the purpose of capturing video that shows the mishandling of animals. The Alliance thinks it is time to hold all parties responsible, including the person or persons responsible for videotaping the event.

The Alliance is concerned that the activist employees providing the tapes are not held accountable for their failure to follow company animal care policies and their failure to immediately report mistreatment to the farm owners or managers. Instead, the videos are produced and released directly to the media - often months later - allowing the alleged mistreatment to continue.

There is also concern that these same tactics could be employed by individuals or groups seeking a very different agenda - the deliberate contamination of our national food supply. To ensure that the food supply is not made vulnerable, the Alliance strongly encourages all farm animal owners to implement animal care guidelines, provide employee training, and establish animal care policies holding all employees accountable for their actions.