For Immediate Release, June 28, 2021
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Hannah Connor, Center for Biological Diversity, (202) 681-1676, hconnor@biologicaldiversity.org
Meredith Turner-Smith, Farm Sanctuary, (646) 369-6212, mturner@farmsanctuary.org
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The lawsuit, brought in 2019 by seven animal and environmental protection groups, challenges the USDA’s decision to reduce federal oversight at pig slaughterhouses and eliminate limits on the slaughter speeds, exposing pigs to greater suffering and flouting federal humane slaughter, meat inspection and environmental-
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