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On the Kill Floor: U.S. Slaughterhouse Conditions
July 4, 2001
Listen/download helpSome workers and inspectors at U.S. slaughterhouses have reported abysmal conditions and inhumane treatment of animals. Industry and government officials say they're doing their best to ensure safe and clean facilities. On this program, we take a look at slaughterhouse conditions in the United States.
Featuring:
Brad Miller, Humane Farming Association; Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project; Rosemary Mucklow, National Meat Association; Gail Eisnitz, Humane Farming Association; Nancy Donley, Safe Tables Our Priority; Steve Bjerklie, author; Milo Mumgaard, Nebraska Appleseed Center; Alfonzo Rojo Castro, slaughterhouse worker; Gene Bauston, Farm Sanctuary; Michele Simon, Center for Informed Food Choices; Bill Niman and Rob Hurlbut, Niman Ranch.
For more information:
Farm Sanctuary
P.O. Box 150
Watkins, New York 14891
607-583-2225;
fax: 607-583-2041
www.farmsanctuary.org
Government Accountability Project
1612 K Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006
202-408-0034; gap@whistleblower.org
www.whistleblower.org
Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.)
P.O. Box 46522
Chicago, Illinois 60646
800-350-STOP
www.stop-usa.org
Humane Farming Association
P.O. Box 3577
San Rafael, California 94912
415-771-CALF;
fax: 415-485-0106
www.hfa.org
National Meat Association
1970 Broadway, Suite 825
Oakland, California 94612
510-763-1533;
fax: 510-763-6186
www.nmaonline.org
Nebraska Appleseed Center
941 "O" St., Suite 105
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
402-438-8853; nac@neappleseed.org
www.neappleseed.org
Center for Informed Food Choices
P.O. Box 16053
Oakland, California 94612
510-465-0322
www.informedeating.org