Animal Rights Group said Workers at Birnamwood Farm Abused Cows

An animal right group that said they captured video of employees abusing cows at a farm in Wrightstown last year, has turned over its latest video showing animal abuse they said they shot undercover at Andrus Dairy in Birnamwood. The video was reportedly shot in July and August.

Mercy For Animals said workers punched the cows and even cut off their tails with pruning shears.


Wednesday, Andrus Farm issued NewsChannel 7 a statement saying they are a three-generation dairy that has been in business for nearly 70 years. And it wasn't until recently that they became aware of the undercover video footage.

We were shocked to see some of our employees not following appropriate animal handling practices on our farm. No one in our family was aware of such conduct occurring on our farm. We were equally shocked to learn that one of our former employees stood by and collected this video footage without notifying us and without interceding to protect our animals. We don’t condone this kind of behavior and have immediately begun to work with our farm veterinarians and dairy industry resources to access and implement training and enforcement mechanisms to address proper animal handling with our workforce. We will require all employees sign an animal care commitment and immediately report inappropriate behavior to us and we will increase our presence in areas where our employees are handling animals. We believe these steps will help ensure these behaviors will not be repeated on our farm.

Green Bay media outlets are reporting the Shawano County district attorney's office will not pursue criminal charges against the owner of the farm.

Knowlton-based Mullins Cheese is supplied by Andrus Farm. In a statement Mullins said they have a long standing relationship with the Andrus family, a three generation farm. And plans to support the farm by providing employee training on proper animal handling
practices.

According to an online publication for meat and poultry processors Alan Andrus, owner of the dairy farm, told reporters that the video is based on isolated incidents that were blown out of proportion. He added that tail docking is a common practice in the dairy industry.

Disclaimer: The video is graphic and some people may find it disturbing.

Click here to watch the video of the alleged about at Mercy for Animal's website gotmisery.com

An animal right group that said they captured video of employees abusing cows at a farm in Wrightstown last year had turned over its latest video showing animal abuse they said they shot undercover at Andrus Dairy in Birnamwood. The video was reportedly shot in July and Aug.

Mercy For Animals said workers punched the cows and even cut off their tails with pruning shears.

Green Bay media outlets are reporting the Shawano County district attorney's office will not pursue criminal charges against the owner of the farm.

According to an online publication for meat and poultry processors Alan Andrus, owner of the dairy farm, told reporters that the video is based on isolated incidents that were blown out of proportion. He added that tail docking is a common practice in the dairy industry.