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Slaughterhouse Boss Faces Felony Charges

Cruelty charges follow video of Calif. meat packers abusing cattle

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(Newser) – Prosecutors hit a slaughterhouse manager with what they say are unprecedented felony charges yesterday after a video released last month showed abusive methods being used to push ailing cattle into a slaughter box, the Press-Enterprise reports. Daniel Ugarte Navarro, 49, faces over 8 years in prison if convicted of five felony counts of animal cruelty and three misdemeanor counts of illegal movement of a non-ambulatory animal.

Prosecutors also charged an assistant manager with the misdemeanor counts. In a video secretly filmed by the Humane Society, Navarro used forklifts, paddles, electric prods and high-pressure water hoses to force cows to their feet. "Waterboarding, I call it," the district attorney said. "It makes your stomach turn to see what they did to the cows." The two men didn't show up for their arraignment yesterday; warrants were issued for their arrest.

A worker throws a piece of meat among the cattle carcass scraps dropped into a parked truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Two major hamburger chains and dozens of school districts around the nation have banned meat from the slaughterhouse after a...
A worker throws a piece of meat among the cattle carcass scraps dropped into a parked truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Two major hamburger...   (Associated Press)
A private security guard patrols the parking lot at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. The Hallmark Meat Packing logo is seen on a truck in the background. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark Meat Packing repeatedly kicking cows and ramming them with the...
A private security guard patrols the parking lot at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. The Hallmark Meat Packing logo is seen on a truck in the background....   (Associated Press)
An unidentified worker uses a plastic paddle to push a cow, seen center, into the the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark Meat Packing repeatedly kicking cows and ramming them with the blades of a forklift as the animals...
An unidentified worker uses a plastic paddle to push a cow, seen center, into the the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark...   (Associated Press)
Cattle carcases scraps are dropped into a parked truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark Meat Packing repeatedly kicking cows and ramming them with the blades of a forklift as the animals squealed in pain. The facility...
Cattle carcases scraps are dropped into a parked truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark Meat Packing repeatedly...   (Associated Press)
A worker walks on top of cattle carcases scraps dropped into a parked truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark Meat Packing repeatedly kicking cows and ramming them with the blades of a forklift as the animals...
A worker walks on top of cattle carcases scraps dropped into a parked truck at the Hallmark Meat Packing slaughterhouse in Chino, Calif. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Video footage showed workers at Hallmark...   (Associated Press)
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