Undercover Investigations

Cows

Undercover at Rubashkin's...Again!
When PETA conducted an investigation into a second Rubashkin-owned slaughterhouse—a Gordon, Nebraska, facility—in May 2007, the investigator discovered that animal abuse still takes place inside Rubashkin's slaughterhouses. Watch the Video Now.

Shocking Kosher Slaughter Investigation
Video footage from a kosher slaughterhouse reveals the use of the cruel "shackling and hoisting" method. Urge kosher authorities to ban this practice! Watch the Video Now.

‘Meet Your Meat’: Cattle
Watch undercover video footage of what happens to cows raised for their flesh, from birth to death.

AgriProcessors Slaughterhouse
PETA’s investigation at AgriProcessors, a massive slaughterhouse in Iowa that produces Aaron’s Best, Iowa’s Best, and other brands of meat, found that workers were ripping out the throats of completely conscious animals and that cows were staggering around and bellowing for minutes afterward. Read more and watch the video.

‘Meet Your Meat’: Dairy Cows
Got milk? View video footage that shows the reality of the dairy industry: Cows are kept constantly pregnant in order to produce milk, have their babies traumatically torn from them, and are forced to live through painful diseases and injuries.

Meet the Real Dairy Producers
This Viva! investigation revealed that most cows on dairy farms are kept in confined areas on dirt or cement and that their babies are sometimes taken from them when they are only a few hours old. Watch the video.