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   From: steak@peta.org   
      
   FAIR OAKS, Ind. – Three former employees of a large northwestern   
   Indiana dairy have been charged with animal cruelty following   
   the release of undercover video showing workers kicking and   
   throwing young calves, officials said Monday.   
      
   The misdemeanor charges for the beating of animals come amid a   
   public backlash against the popular agritourism destination Fair   
   Oaks Farms, which is also the flagship farm for Fairlife, a   
   national brand of higher protein, higher calcium and lower fat   
   milk.   
      
   Newton County officials didn't identify those charged or release   
   details of the allegations against them on Monday, saying the   
   investigation was continuing. The video released last week   
   showed calves being hit with steel rods and burnt with branding   
   irons by farm workers.   
      
   Newton County Prosecutor Jeff Drinski said those charged didn't   
   include the investigator for the Miami-based animal rights group   
   Animal Recovery Mission who secretly recorded the video last   
   year while working for several months at Fair Oaks.   
      
   "But he has been identified and will be interviewed," Drinski   
   said. "The video footage is being translated and further   
   interviews will be conducted to determine if allegations of   
   complicity by the planted employee or others are in fact true."   
      
   The sheriff's department has said its investigation would   
   include any witnesses to abuse at the farm's dairies about 70   
   miles (113 kilometers) south of Chicago. Many of the   
   conversations in the video involved people speaking Spanish.   
      
   Fair Oaks Farms founder Mike McCloskey said in a statement last   
   week that four employees seen in the video hadbeen fired and   
   actions have been taken to prevent further abuse. A fifth person   
   shown in the video was a third-party truck driver who was   
   transporting calves, he said.   
      
   Drinski said Fair Oaks Farms "has cooperated completely in our   
   attempts to identify and interview all persons involved in the   
   videos that we have all viewed over the past week."   
      
   Fair Oaks, which said it draws about 500,000 tourists a year,   
   has temporarily suspended its home delivery service of milk,   
   cheese and other products, in part to protect drivers it says   
   are facing harassment over the video.   
      
   Some retailers have also pulled Fairlife products from their   
   shelves. Those included Chicago-area groceries Jewel-Osco and   
   Strack & Van Til and Family Express, which operates convenience   
   stores across Indiana.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/us/3-ex-workers-charged-with-animal-   
   cruelty-at-indiana-dairy   
       
      
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