Fair Oaks Milk/Coca Cola
This is absolutely disgusting and I hope they get their @## shutdown.
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I started watching and had to stop. I cant stand to see that kind of crap. I hope they get what they have coming
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Not going to lie I coudnt watch it all. I say we go whoop there ***. Hell I'll drive.Comment
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I got thru, 3 complete seconds...……
What ever they got coming....
I hope it gets doubled...……………..Comment
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That’s crazy! Hard to believe!Comment
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Wow. I've never understood the being cruel just because you can. Almost like a power trip.
I hope they get it back in spades.Comment
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Statement from Fair Oaks Farm, off of their Facebook.
"OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM FAIR OAKS FARMS FOUNDER MIKE MCCLOSKEY ON ARM ANIMAL ABUSE VIDEO:
This morning I was made aware of an animal abuse video that the group Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) produced and has released to the public and the press. Most of the footage for this video was captured on one of the dairies that belongs to Fair Oaks Farms. While we were made aware a couple months ago of the fact that ARM had gone undercover at Fair Oaks Farms, and had proactively made a statement (link), we had no idea what kind of footage had been captured or what – if any – abuse had occurred.
It is with great disappointment to find, after closely reviewing the released ARM video, that there were five individuals committing multiple instances of animal cruelty and despicable judgement. Of the five, four were our employees and one was a 3rd party truck driver who was picking up calves. Of the four who were our employees, three had already been terminated prior to us being made aware months ago of the undercover ARM operation, as they were identified by their co-workers as being abusive of our animals and reported to management. So, in this instance our policy of cow care training - “see something, say something” - worked. After reviewing the video frame-by-frame, those three employees are responsible for the overwhelming majority of offenses seen in this video.
Unfortunately, the fourth employee’s animal abuse was not caught at that same time. Although he underwent another training session in animal care when we discovered there was an undercover ARM operation on our farm, after viewing the extent of his animal abuse, he is being terminated today.
As to the individual who worked for the transportation company, today, we will notify the company that he works for and he will not be allowed on our farms again. It is our position that any companies that come in contact with transportation of our animals, should be well-versed in and adhere to our industry’s animal welfare practices which can be found in FARM (https://nationaldairyfarm.com).
Months ago, when I first learned of the undercover activity, I requested a 3rd party review and we went through a re-training process throughout the dairies. While the review came back favorable, I am not letting my guard down and will institute more thorough monitoring and training so that this abuse can never happen again. This video and any future videos will be immediately handed over to the authorities for review and potential prosecution.
Regardless, I am disgusted by and take full responsibility for the actions seen in the footage, as it goes against everything that we stand for in regards to responsible cow care and comfort. The employees featured in the video exercised a complete and total disregard for the documented training that all employees go through to ensure the comfort, safety and well-being of our animals.
It is a shock and an eye-opener for us to discover that under our watch, we had employees who showed disregard for our animals, our processes and for the rule of law. This ARM video shines a light on an area that – despite our thorough training, employee onboarding procedures and overall commitment to animal welfare – needs improvement. However, as I have stated before, the fact that ARM takes months before notifying owners or authorities regarding on-going animal abuse is concerning. I have personally reached out to ARM’s founder, Richard Couto, to discuss a more symbiotic relationship but he has yet to reach back.
A full investigation of all aspects of the video is underway, during and after which disciplinary action will be taken, including termination and criminal prosecution, of any and all employees and managers who have violated either our animal care practices or the law or both.
The statement that we grow and sell drugs on our farms is false. The plants featured in the video are an invasive perennial species that is rampant on farms all over the midwest. With that said, I am disappointed to learn of potential drug use on our properties. Months ago, the individual seen smoking by the barn and doing drugs in a truck was turned in by his co-workers to one of our managers. That manager notified local law enforcement about the drug use and, accordingly, a police report is on file.
It is with a heavy heart that I prepare this statement today. As a veterinarian whose life and work is dedicated to the care, comfort and safety of all animals, this has affected me deeply. I am disappointed for not being aware of this kind of awful treatment occurring and I take full responsibility for what has happened. I also take full responsibility to correct and ensure that every employee understands, embraces and practices the core values on which our organization stands.
I am and will continue to be deeply involved in the resolution of this matter, down to every one of our employees, so that I can guarantee that these actions never again occur on any of our farms.
Please feel free to contact me at pr@fofarms.com if you have any comments or questions.
Dr. Mike McCloskey
Fair Oaks Farms"Comment
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I'll make sure I never buy that brand milk again.Comment
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Why? The responsible parties were terminated. According to the CEO, the responsible parties went against company training and policy. What else could they do as a company but fire everyone involved, retrain the remaining employees and apologize. They've done that.Originally posted by bownut View Post
Those responsible should be prosecuted.Last edited by curtintex; 06-06-2019, 08:58 PM.Comment
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This is not the first video of abuse at dairies. It happened years ago if I remember. Terrible situations but hopefully corrected immediately.Comment
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As a 27 year dairy farmer it saddens me that this occurred for one. And that the undercover agenda mislead the masses to a global business failure of dairy industry.
I work 90 hours a week to feed the world that thinks I’m trying to poison them.... to take money from savings to stay in business
“Are y’all organic, or do y’all put the chemicals in your milk?”
“Is yalls milk GMO?”
“Why do y’all feed steroids, and kill them at 5 years old?”
Such a sad misinformed world, and mess like this is just nails in the coffin of a group that for the mass majority give a better life to the animal than anyone with 200x the money could...... cause they are farmers... it’s what we do... it’s all we know
Animal health and comfort are priority. A happy animal is a healthy animal and a healthy animal can yield a return. Buzzard’s don’t write pay checksComment
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I assume someone will soon release a video or has released one on the poultry industry
Which is just as sickeningComment
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Crazy video. It was on sale at Randall's today when I was there.Comment
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Agreed 100% Curt. The bad apples have been removed and I’m sure the entire mass of remaining employees have been made aware of why and seen this video. I bet they are walking a tight line and scared to breath on a cow.Originally posted by curtintex View Post
And yes to make this situation even more important to those still working, those 5 individuals should be prosecuted for animal cruelty.Comment
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Don’t know if you all had seen this. This was in under Fox4 News
For everyone sharing the "Fair Oaks Farm" video, and are "outraged" by the content ...there are a few things you probably need to know;
1) The "ARM" is a pro-vegan group, whose agenda and intent IS to end the consumption of all true dairy products.
2) The "ARM" group, "infiltrated" the FOF operations, as employees. In order to compile the footage they've shown you, they had to work for FOF for nearly two years....and after two years, that was all the footage they could compile.
3) While acting as "employees", these "ARM" protestors both participated in, and conducted the acts of abuse they filmed, essentially manufacturing some, if not all of the abusive acts filmed.
4) FOF has a policy of "see something, say something", to which the "ARM" employees refused to do...so only by violating FOF policies, did the abuse occur....at the necessity of "ARM's" socio-political agenda.
5) FOF, released a statement, several weeks ago...well before "ARM" released it's "footage"...explaining that they discovered the groups activities. How did FOF discover the activities? By terminating the employees who were abusing the animals. After being terminated, the "ARM" infiltrators bragged about how they were going to "ruin" FOF, and subseqently exposed themselves.
6) Of the 4 employees involved in the abuse to which "ARM" shows footage of....the 3 that worked directly for FOF were terminated. Two of those employees, were later exposed to be apart of the "ARM" operation. The fourth person involved, is not a FOF employee, at all.
7) Actual FOF employees observed the abuse being committed and staged by those working for "ARM", and they reported the abuse...which led to FOF both discovering these activities and terminating the employment of the abusers.
All that said, the truth is, "ARM" staged the abuse, conducted the abuse, and then reported the abuse, while actual FOF employees discovered it, put a stop to it, and are now under attack by the social media for something they didn't actually do. There are always two sides to every story.
Thank you Melissa Klingerman for your research into this post.
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