McDonald’s, Tyson Foods drop farm after video shows animal cruelty

Posted online August 28, 2015 | 11:53 am

McDonald’s Corp. and Tyson Foods both severed ties on Thursday with a Tennessee farm where workers were seen stabbing, clubbing and stomping on chickens in an undercover video shot by animal rights activists.

Unveiled by Mercy For Animals at a news conference in Los Angeles, the video shows the acts at what the group said was T&S Farm in Dukedom, Tenn.

The Globe and Mail reports the farm was under contract to Tyson, which supplies chicken to McDonald's for its McNuggets.

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