Prepare to Have Your Thanksgiving Ruined

by | Nov 27, 2013 | POLITICS

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without family, food, turkey-induced comas, and, of course, animal rights activists reminding us how awful factory farming is.


It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without family, food, turkey-induced comas, and, of course, animal rights activists reminding us how awful factory farming is.

Compassion Over Killing or COK (really?) is a DC based animal rights org. They’ve been ruining meat for Americans since 1995, and this year is certainly no exception. Here’s a video their undercover activists captured at a turkey breeding plant in Minnesota.

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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