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Billy Joe Gregg had been charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty but pleaded guilty to just six misdemeanors. He's already served four months since his arrest after Chicago-based Mercy for Animals released its undercover footage of Plain City's Conklin Dairy Farms in May.
The tape showed workers
As part of his sentencing, Gregg is not to have contact with animals for three years and is required to receive counseling.
- Violently punching young calves in the face, body slamming them to the ground, and pulling and throwing them by their ears
- Routinely using pitchforks to stab cows in the face, legs and stomach
- Kicking "downed" cows (those too injured to stand) in the face and neck – abuse carried out and encouraged by the farm's owner [emphasis mine]
- Maliciously beating restrained cows in the face with crowbars – some attacks involving over 40 blows to the head
- Twisting cows' tails until the bones snapped
- Punching cows' udders
- Bragging about stabbing, dragging, shooting, breaking bones, and beating cows and calves to death
"Gregg's punishment is a slap on the wrist compared to the unimaginable suffering endured by the animals who were victims of his malicious abuse," says MFA's Executive Director, Nathan Runkle. "It's an outrage that in Ohio it's a mere misdemeanor to sadistically punch, beat and stab farmed animals, break their bones and otherwise torture them. This case should serve as a wake-up call to all compassionate citizens that Ohio must do more to strengthen its animal cruelty laws."Gregg was the only employee charged. In July a grand jury failed to indict Gary Conklin, the farm's owner, saying he had acted appropriately in kicking a cow to get her up.
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1 comments:
Sadly, this was probably the harshest punishment he could recieve in Ohio. Their laws favor agribusiness, not animals.
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