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Animal Rights Activists Protest at Farmer John Plant in Vernon By City News Service Vernon UPDATED 6:30 PM ET Feb. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:38 AM ET Feb. 15, 2021 PUBLISHED 11:38 AM EST Feb. 15, 2021
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VERNON, Calif. (CNS) Animal rights activists displayed 7,000 paper hearts Monday in front of the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon to honor the 7,000 pigs they estimate are killed at the facility each day.
The demonstration came amid a growing COVID-19 outbreak at the facility, where 882 workers have been infected with the coronavirus. That s more than double the number of cases reported just six weeks ago, and by far the largest outbreak at a nonresidential setting in Los Angeles County.