Protest at Quality Pig Processors

An animal rights welfare group held a demonstration outside of the Austin business.

/ hog processing protest-stinger-2 a group of animal rights activists from minneapolis is up in arms over what they say is happening at quality pork processors in austin.

Kimt news three maleeha kamal joins us from the protest with more on their message.

Hog processing protest-llpkg-1 hog processing protest-llpkg-2 look live: if you look behind me there are protesters in front homel's quality pork processors.

I talked to the group to see what they are protesting.

Hog processing protest-llpkg-6 they stood on the corner of 8th ave northeast with signs that read "killed at only six months " and "i'm not food" some passing drivers honked their horns in support.

Each time a truck with pigs passed by, the protesters ran up and took pictures.

Organizer ashley riddle says she has been protesting in the spot once a month for years hog processing protest-llpkg-4 ashley sot: " these pigs are in poor condition they are scraped up, some are bleeding they are obviously terrified and i think if you can put a face to these food products that they are consuming maybe people will think twice.

" hog processing protest-llpkg-7 riddle says that the facility has a high kill rate.

Ashley sot: "behind these closed doors.

There are 1,300 pigs killed here every hour up to 22,000 a day.

Mackenzie marie is protesting for the first time.

Overcome by emotion, she was comforted by another protester.

These activists say their message is simple.

Hog processing protest-llpkg-5 mackenzie sot: "people live next door and i don't think anyone really knows what exactly happens inside slaughter houses.

So we do apart of minneapolis animal saves we have signs and try and get footage inside the trucks to try and educate the public because we have confidence that most of the time most people don't know what's happening.

Hog processing protest-llpkg-8 ashley sot: "so it's definitely environmental, health and human rights issues too i mean the people that work here i can't imagine that they love their jobs they want changes made in the processing practices here... but really they want more.

They'd like us all to consider a plant based diet.

Hog processing protest-llpkg-3 look live: in austin maleeha kamal kimt news three.

We reached out to quality pork processors for comment.

Hog processing protest-tag-2 they sent us this statement.

It says - "it is our responsibility to all our customers to meet and exceed the usda's robust safety and processing standards and to ensure our animal care efforts surpass our customers' high expectations every day, every shift.

We respect people's views and their opportunity to voice them.

Our focus remains on the safety of our team members and the animals we care for every day."

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