Arrest Warrants Issued in VT Slaughterhouse Animal Cruelty Case

[garybeck]

PRESS RELEASE
STATE OF VERMONT
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
109 STATE STREET
MONTPELIER, VT 05609-1001

CONTACT:Cindy Maguire
Assistant Attorney General
[phone]

ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED IN CRUELTY TO ANIMALS CASE

Attorney General William H. Sorrell announced today that Christopher Gaudette, age 37,
and Frank Perretta, age 51, both of Grand Isle, Vermont, have been charged with animal cruelty
in connection with an investigation into the operation of Bushway Packing, Inc. Mr. Gaudette
has been charged with three counts of cruelty to animals, a misdemeanor, and one count of
aggravated cruelty to animals, a felony. Mr. Perretta has been charged with one count of cruelty
to animals. Neither Mr. Gaudette nor Mr. Perretta could be located by law enforcement officers,
and therefore arrest warrants have been issued for both individuals.

According to papers filed in court, the charges stem from the alleged excessive shocking
of calves being processed at the Bushway Packing plant. Following a complaint by the Humane
Society of the United States, which had employed an undercover operative to film conditions at
the plant, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, and Food Safety
Inspection Service, conducted an investigation, which resulted in the filing of criminal charges.

The misdemeanor charges each carry a possible sentence of not more than one year
imprisonment and not more than $2,000 in fines, and the felony charge carries a possible
sentence of not more than three years imprisonment and not more than $5,000 in fines.

The Bushway Packing plant is no longer in operation.

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Thank you Humane Society
Thank you Vermont Attorney General

[orion007]

1. It's opening under a new name with 2 of the 3 original owners

http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2010/06/bushway-owner-charged-with-animal-cruelty.html

[alittlelark]

2. You should start a new thread w/ that info.

[orion007]

6. You can start a new thread with the link if you'd like , I've never done one! n/t

[Codeine]

3. Now if only people would realize

that this sort of behavior isn't an aberration but the norm in factory farming maybe they'd begin to understand the pain their daily choices inflict on the defenseless.

[garybeck]

4. Some people actually think animals don't feel pain

or maybe they just try to convince themselves of it

[BrightKnight]

5. 21% of 354 serial killers are known to have committed animal cruelty.

http://www.hsus.org/acf/cruelty/publiced/cruelty_serial_killers.html

Almost everything that I saw on that tape looked like something that should be a felony. They are psychopaths and the should be locked up.