As Thanksgiving 2025 approaches, a disturbing video has resurfaced, exposing workers at Butterball and Plainville Farms subjecting turkeys to sexual abuse and severe mistreatment. The footage has reignited outrage across the US, raising serious questions about the practices behind two of the country's largest turkey producers.
The video, reposted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on their official Facebook page, includes testimony from an anonymous worker alongside graphic footage from undercover investigations. 'One guy humped a shackled turkey one day,' the worker alleges. The video first went viral in 2024 and has now surfaced again just days before Thanksgiving, prompting renewed calls for boycotts of both companies.
