The slaughterhouse was cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the incident, but PETA is calling for a bigger investigation.
The worker lifted the crowbar above his head and struck the animal so hard that the agent could hear the impact of the strike, the report stated.
While the slaughterhouse was cited by the Department of Agriculture and must now provide the office with a “written response, inclusive of written corrective action and preventative measures,” PETA said it wants more severe penalties leveled at the worker. It was unclear what, if any, disciplinary action the slaughterhouse took in the wake of the USDA report.
“Lambs in slaughterhouses experience such terror and pain when their throats are slit, yet for this little lamb, the experience was made even more horrific by a slaughterhouse worker who beat her with a crowbar,” PETA Vice President of Evidence Analysis Daniel Paden said in a statement.
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