Misconduct in AMA Pig Farm: Investigation to be Initiated

An investigation order to clarify identities was announced after the district administration filed a complaint of animal cruelty based on a VGT video. The material is currently being reviewed, and the investigations could take longer. The employees visible in the video, who mistreated pigs, were dismissed from the AMA pig farm.

Misconduct in AMA Pig Farm: District Administration Develops Measures

The Hollabrunn district administration subjected the animal husbandry to an inspection last week. Based on this, measures are being developed that are to be officially prescribed to the farm. This will "take some time," district governor Karl-Josef Weiss announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Land&Forst Betriebe Niederösterreich identified a "prejudgment" of the company "based on illegally produced image and video material by an animal protection organization" in a press release. A "handful of recordings show misconduct by individual employees," but this should not lead to "the entire operation, which has been exemplary for generations, being prejudged."

(APA/Red)

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