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Animal Rights Protesters Project Images Of Dying Pigs At San Francisco Costco
The footage showed pigs thrashing as they are gassed with carbon dioxide, while audio captured the sound of pigs screaming from speakers.
January 19, 2023
Animal rights activists protested at a San Francisco Costco store on Wednesday, projecting video of pigs dying in a Southern California slaughterhouse, prompting a response early Thursday from a food company executive.
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The activists with Direct Action Everywhere called on Costco to drop Smithfield Foods as a supplier. The video was recorded secretly after an activist planted cameras inside a pit at the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, owned by Smithfield Foods.
The footage, projected Wednesday evening onto the Costco Wholesale store on 10th Street in the city's South of Market neighborhood, showed pigs thrashing as they are gassed with carbon dioxide. While the footage was shown, audio was played of the pigs screaming through speakers across the street.
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