A man has pleaded guilty to charges of animal cruelty that
stemmed from a December 2011 raid at a Butterball turkey farm.
Deputies raided the
Shannon farm after animal-rights group Mercy for Animals provided a
hidden-camera video that showed farm workers beating and stomping on turkeys.
Ronnie Jacobs, 58, Raeford, N.C., is the last of five workers
charged in the case to be convicted, WRAL reported. All five also lost their
jobs at the farm.
Dr. Sarah Mason, director of
animal health programs in the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services' Poultry Division, also pleaded guilty to her role in informing a
veterinarian for Butterball that Hoke County prosecutors were reviewing the
undercover video. She was placed on probation for a year.
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