Agriprocessors Shuts Down

Iowa-based Agriprocessors slaughterhouse officially filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, following almost $10 million in fines for violations of Iowa state labor laws—including illegal deductions from workers’ paychecks. Earlier this year, an immigration raid on the plant revealed illegal-immigrant minors—seven of whom were not even 16 years old—working in appalling conditions. For non-human animals, Agriprocessors has been a house of horrors, with trucks full of live chickens and turkeys having been reportedly abandoned in the parking lot and still-conscious animals being slaughtered.