Three former employees of a large northwestern Indiana dairy have been charged with animal cruelty following the release of undercover video showing workers kicking and throwing young calves, officials said Monday. Newton County officials didn't identify those charged or release details of the allegations against them on Monday, saying the investigation was continuing. The video released last week showed calves being hit with steel rods and burnt with branding irons by farm workers. Newton County Prosecutor Jeff Drinski said those charged didn't include the investigator for the Miami-based animal rights group Animal Recovery Mission who secretly recorded the video last year while working for several months at Fair Oaks. Drinski said Fair Oaks Farms "has cooperated completely in our attempts to identify and interview all persons involved in the videos that we have all viewed over the past week."

Source: Fox News June 10, 2019 21:33 UTC