Posted: Sep 24, 2010 9:50 AM CDT Updated: Sep 24, 2010 2:58 PM CDT
Fox19.com
MARYSVILLE MUNI COURT, OH (WOIO) - A guilty plea from the man accused of abusing cows at a dairy farm in Plain City.
Undercover video taken by animal rights activists at the Conklin Dairy Farm show Billy Joe Gregg, Jr. hitting, stabbing and even dropping the cows.
Friday morning, Billy Joe Gregg, Jr. pleaded guilty to six counts of animal cruelty and six additional counts of animal cruelty were dismissed.
The judge sentenced him to 8 months in jail and ruled he can't have any contact with any animal and must enroll in counseling on how to treat animals. Gregg has already served about half of his sentence.
19 Action News is told that the Minerva Cheese Factory has stopped using Conklin Dairy. Link
Why this guy took pleasure in abusing these cows is beyond me. What we do know is that this isn’t normal behavior. In order for our food animals to be productive they need to be as healthy and stress-free as possible. That can’t be achieved with abuse like we saw in that video. As a fifth generation rancher and someone who takes animal husbandry very seriously, I’m relived to know that this guy is getting some help.
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