“Ag-gag” laws have spread rapidly, and today half a dozen states have made it illegal to film factory farms. Now, the agriculture industry wants to bring ag-gag to Australia.
Amy Meyer’s video footage of a sick cow at a Utah slaughterhouse, shown here for the first time, was prosecuted under new ag-gag laws that threaten whistleblowers and journalists.
Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking, and looked through the barbed-wire fence.