(CNN) The biggest dairy producer in Indiana is under investigation after an undercover animal welfare investigator released video of employees abusing calves. Fair Oaks Farms is a popular agritourism destination and provides daily tours for people to "explore our dairy farms for a fun-filled look at the life of a cow," according to its website. However, an Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) investigator who gained employment working with calves at Fair Oaks Farms captured graphic footage that visitors probably don't glimpse on their tours. Calves were deprived of adequate nutrition, and the video shows employees stabbing and hitting calves with steel rebars and branding irons, ARM said. In addition, employees would sit on the calves, which was often too much weight for the animals to bear.

Source: CNN June 06, 2019 18:56 UTC