Investigation Exposes Cruelty at Tyson Supplier

At Wyoming Premium Farms in Wheatland, WY, an undercover investigator for HSUS documented workers abusing pigs. In the investigation footage, workers are shown punching and kicking pigs; animals with broken limbs, uterine and rectal prolapses; and mummified piglets. HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle called on Tyson to join food-industry giants Smithfield, Burger King, and McDonald’s in committing to a gestation crate-free supply chain. Wyoming Premium Farms is owned by Itoham Inc., the second-largest pork processor in Japan. Itoham Inc. was fined 30 million yen in 2005 after failing to pay millions in customs duties on pork imports.