Taylor Radig Charged For Revealing Abuse

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An undercover investigator named Taylor Radig worked at Quanah Cattle Company to document the violent abuse of baby calves, some of which were too young to have been taken away from their mothers. The cows are shown in the footage being dragged around by their ears, tossed onto their heads, and kicked until they cry.

 

Taylor helped document and report the abuses, leading to three of the workers being charged with animal cruelty. But then the sheriff charged her with a crime for simply witnessing and documenting this animal cruelty!

 

I started a petition on Change.org because I know other whistleblowers have have won campaigns against reporting factory farming abuse. Now I'm hoping I can help Taylor for her bravery. Click here to sign my petition asking for the charge against Taylor Radig to be dropped immediately.

 

Going undercover in factory farms and slaughterhouses is becoming more and more dangerous as states around the country start passing laws that make it illegal to film or photograph inside of them. That's why it's so important that people like Taylor aren't punished for doing the right thing.

Animal welfare experts describe the footage from Quanah as unacceptable treatment and severe abuse. Without this evidence, baby cows would have continued to face violent beatings and cruel treatment without any recourse.

 

I believe that Taylor is being charged with animal cruelty as a way of intimidating other people who want to ensure humane conditions for livestock animals, even though she helped blow the whistle on these atrocious abuses. Pressuring the district attorney to drop the charges is important for whistleblowers like Taylor and for protecting farm animals everywhere.

 

Sign my petition asking the Weld County District Attorney to drop the animal cruelty charge against Taylor, the whistleblower on the Quanah Cattle company.

 

Abby Spiwak
Denver, CO

• Petitioning Ken Buck, Weld County District Attorney

This petition will be delivered to:

Ken Buck, Weld County District Attorney

John Suthers, Colorado Attorney General

Drop animal cruelty charge against undercover investigator in Colorado

 

I live in Colorado, and I recently heard about Taylor Radig who was working as an undercover investigator to document cruelty at Quanah Cattle Company. She filmed calves being thrown and kicked around and dragged by their ears, tails, and legs.

Because of her bravery, 3 workers were charged with animal cruelty on November 15. But a week later, Taylor was also charged with animal cruelty!


Respected animal welfare expert Dr. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University saw this footage and used terms like "rough," "not acceptable," and "severe abuse" to describe what was going on. So why is the woman who blew the whistle on this cruelty herself being charged with animal cruelty? It makes no sense. Witnessing and reporting animal abuse is not a crime.

The group Taylor was trying to help is called Compassion Over Killing. Does anyone actually think it's a good use of taxpayer dollars and the time of our public officials to treat Taylor like a criminal who committed an act of animal cruelty? Does anyone think she had anything but kindness in her heart when she set out to document these cruel acts?

Please sign my petition asking Colorado officials including District Attorney Ken Buck to drop the animal cruelty charge against Taylor.


To:
Ken Buck, Weld County District Attorney
John Suthers, Colorado Attorney General

Drop animal cruelty charge against undercover investigator Taylor Radig.

Because of her bravery, 3 workers were charged with animal cruelty on November 15. She witnessed animal abuse and blew the whistle on cruelty to animals. Witnessing and reporting animal abuse is not a crime. She did what was compassionate.
 

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