Target: Mike Naig, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture
Goal: Investigate allegations of mass culling of chickens via suffocation.
A teen activist caused quite a stir at a basketball game when she came onto the court and chained herself to the goal. Her choice of attire drew even more attention and indicated the reason for the stunt. The protester’s shirt read: “Glen Taylor roasts animals alive.” Taylor, a billionaire business magnate and current owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team, has become the target of animal rights organization Direction Action Everywhere. The latest incident follows in the wake of another protest during a Timberwolves game in which a woman glued her hand to the basketball court.
The group alleges that a factory farm which Taylor also owns, Iowa-based Rembrandt Enterprises, recently carried out a mass culling of over five million chickens via the inhumane process of ventilation shutdown. This type of culling, which has been banned in many regions, involves the slow, torturous deaths of animals by suffocation. Either gas, steam, or extreme heat are the main methods of deployment. Both legal and veterinary professionals have joined in Direct Action Everywhere’s calls for a full investigation into the practices of Rembrandt Enterprises.
Sign the petition below to join these calls for urgent action.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Secretary Naig,
It took high-profile stunts during basketball games to call public attention to the animal rights violations allegedly taking place at Rembrandt Enterprises. Over five million animals were reportedly killed through cruel heatstroke and suffocation, methods that even members of the legal and veterinary fields claim could have broken state law. Some reports indicate that a few of the animals were left buried alive and barely functional after being trapped in these living death chambers.
Please make this troubling case that has attracted much scrutiny a top priority and the subject of an extensive investigation.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Susan Lesch
First of all – a lot of these rich people don’t give a dam about anything except their money – That is the biggest reason for all of us to insist that the Federal and State governments that it is about time to “Tax the Rich” (Everyone else are taxed). It is pretty apparent that there are quite a number of them who only care about their money and themselves.
Second, this guy and people like him who only see animals and birds as commodities, not as innocent living creatures; so they should be stiffly fined each time they kill any bird/s or animal/s — Hit them in the pocket book where it hurts, and protest the Minnesota games or the organizations or companies they own, which are the only things that matters to them. As another person stated here, if the perpetrator doesn’t doesn’t pay the fine, give them jail time so won’t forget that the public is unforgiving of these kind of abuses.
This is absolute torture and killing of these innocent birds. Taylor should have been fined or arrested on the spot for doing this horrendous act; but the laws are too lenient and they cater to these rich bums. Not all rich people are abusive, and without souls or any conscience, and there are all kinds of people out there (too many of them) with or without money who are cruel and heartless who are abusing poor innocent animals. However that isn’t an excuse for law enforcement and regulators to be complacent. The people who do these abuses should be heavily fined and get jail time.
This is unforgivable, so do your job Secretary Naig, and strongly investigate this inhumane crime, and work to strengthen the laws to protect these birds and all farm animals!
Well said – you covered everything
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I totally agree with you!!
Ich stimme dir zu.
POS!! God for the girl that did this at Basketball game! Truth hurts! Can you imagine, gassed, no air, heat, made me gasp myself, how cruel. Don’t eat his chickens!! I don’t even think NJ carrys his brand shit!! Scum if the Earth! Give him a Glass of poison!
He needs to be held accountable. He also needs to be charged was such a Gross act of animal cruelty ever known, to have deliberately killed millions of animals for what money just because he could do it what? People with money need to know they cannot get away with breaking the law I don’t care how much money they got are their place in the community. I don’t care who their friends are in fact the rich very rich all seem to gather together for one common goal, how much more money can I make? This is unacceptable the deaf of so many animals and he personally needs to be held accountable.
May you arseholes suffer the same fate!
Amen!
Totally agree Sally
EVIL POS.
punishment and reflection, close chicken cafo’s
Thank you to the teen activist. What a smart caring teen!
“Glen Taylor roasts animals alive.” Someone STOP this psycho greedy heartless billionaire.. GIVE HIM A TASTE OF HIS OWN TORTURE.
WHERE ARE THE ANIMAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONS!. WHY IS THE LAW NOT CHARGING AND ARRESTING HIM! THIS SHOULD BE A CHARGEABLE OFFENCE. Why IS THE LAW SO PATHETICALLY LAME!??!
TAYLOR I HOPE YOUR END IS AGONY!!
He needs to be suffocated himself. Nazi.
Yes, suffocated by money in his
throat!
Die, monster!
Evil POS!
This CRUEL BILLIONAIRE SHOULD BE SUFFOCATED ALONG WITH OTHER CRUEL IDIOTS WHOM HELPED TPSUFFOCATE ALL THESE CHICKENS!!!!
Glen Taylor, you are NOTHING but a rich peice of evil shit. I hope someday soon you get suffocated to death you evil bastard
Horrific, pathetic and sad… Do your jobs and prosecute, fine and jail time. For Gods sake, this did not need to happen!
American Girl, you are correct, those responsible for atrocities should pay with long jail time
Glenn Taylor is an absolute piece of trash. He should be euthanized.
Horrible person, look at his stupid smirk.
HOPE THEY ALL ROT IN HELL!!!!
This freak needs to take his billions and stuff them up his worthless a**! He’s a greedy, soulless devil who deserves the same fate he inflicted on these poor innocent chickens.
Well said Carolyn I agree
THIS IS PURE EVIL; HOW WOULD HE LIKE IT IF THAT WAS DONE TO HIM?
BILLIONAIRE OR NOT DO THE SAME WITH HIM : SUFFOCATION TILL DEATH.NO MERCY.
SHAMEFUL, DISGUSTING, GREEDY SO CALLED HUMAN. KARMA WILL FIND YOU AND IT WILL DEAL OUT TO YOU EXACTLY THE SAM,E AS YOU HAVE CARED NOTHING FOR…OTHER LIVES…SHAME ON YOU. DISGRACEFUL SO CALLED HUMAN.