“..A Vermont slaughterhouse ordered closed Friday after video showed calves kicked, shocked and cut while conscious ..
.. had its operating license suspended three times earlier this year for similar conduct.
U.S. Department of Agriculture records show Bushway Packing Inc. of Grand Isle was shut down for a day in May, again in June and again in July ..
.. after an inspector cited it for inhumane treatment of animals.
The revelation came Monday as the Humane Society of the United States released more video footage taken with a hidden camera this summer.
The video shows days-old male calves culled from dairy herds being dragged, kicked, repeatedly shocked with electric prods ..
.. and apparently cut while still conscious.
“We found even two calves who appeared to be skinned alive ..
.. while they were still conscious ..”
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