Animal rights group targets Nebraska sheriff in online videos

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/animal-rights-group-targets-nebraska-sheriff-in-online-videos/article_68f24bf7-fbcc-575e-8be4-cd3d9861bce7.html

POSTED: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2016 1:00 AM | UPDATED: 2:29 AM, SAT JAN 2, 2016.

LINCOLN (AP) — An animal rights group is criticizing a Nebraska sheriff in online videos after authorities stopped members of the group near a U.S. Department of Agriculture research lab in Clay County.

The group from Geneva, Illinois, which calls itself SHARK, has posted three videos on YouTube criticizing Clay County Sheriff Jeff Franklin, The Lincoln Journal Star reported Friday. The group’s name stands for Showing Animals Respect & Kindness.

The group’s president, Steve Hindi, says Franklin and his deputies stopped members of the group who were trying to take video of the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center with a drone.

The federal research lab has been under scrutiny since a New York Times story last year raised questions about how animals are cared for. The center conducts scientific studies to help the livestock industry increase the quantity and quality of meat production and improve safety.

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