Disgusting snaps of Butterball turkeys after resurgent clip showed bird ‘being sexually assaulted’ on farm

A California woman was disgusted to find the Butterball turkey she bought for Thanksgiving was completely spoiled after she heard about allegations that birds were sexually abused on a farm in resurfaced footage.

Tami Burke posted horrifying photos on Facebook of a Butterball turkey she bought from a Menifee grocer. The pictures showed a poor and discolored bird.

‘Check your Turkey early. I have been cooking turkeys for many years and have never seen this before,’ Burke warned in his disturbing post. ‘Mine was rotten or battered and broken.’

“If animal cruelty is a problem, then I have no problem with also reaching out to the animal activists to look into this. Vegetarianism sounds really good now,’ she claimed.

Disappointed, Burke returned the turkey to the store in what she said was a major ‘inconvenience’ just days before the turkey-centric holiday.

She also claimed that she notified Butterball of her gruesome discovery.

“I really couldn’t trust another turkey,” Burke added, saying she opted for a tri-tip roast beef instead of the poultry product this year.

The chilling post comes as the nation’s largest turkey supplier has come under scrutiny following a 2006 PETA video depicting violence and sexual abuse of turkeys at an Ozark, Arkansas Butterball slaughterhouse.

An undisclosed investigator revealed the alleged atrocities he witnessed as workers ‘chained and butchered’ more than 50,000 turkeys each day, according to PETA.

In the shockingly graphic video, the investigator claimed he saw a Butterball employee shove his finger up a turkey’s cloaca or vagina for ‘fun’.

Another worker allegedly ‘humped’ a turkey while it was strapped down.

The investigator recalled another gruesome case where a ‘worker taunted another worker by holding a bird by the legs and jerking her back and forth.

‘The other guy just grabbed the bird and hit her.’

Footage showed workers aggressively handling several turkeys – throwing, hitting and hanging them to death.

“Nothing humane has ever happened in a slaughterhouse,” Amber Canavan, Vegan Campaign Project Manager for PETA, told DailyMail.com.

As written in the investigator’s witness journal: ‘A worker took a live bird and stomped on her head, crushing her skull until her head exploded. Then he laughed and wiped the blood from his leg. He also threw birds at the concrete and hit others.’

During his 40-day tenure at the gruesome facility, the witness said workers would slam birds into metal bars and violently break their backs and legs.

The investigator reflected on the birds’ eyeballs popping out, exposing spines and ripping off limbs in the chilling video.

“The staff at this facility were clearly not trained in animal welfare – some workers even bragged about their abuse,” he claimed.

Just days before Thanksgiving, the unflattering footage has social media users cringing with disgust, with many calling for a boycott.

Over the past few days since the video resurfaced, social media platforms have been flooded with negative reactions, with people declaring that they will not be buying from Butterball this year.

Others claimed they had returned the Butterball turkeys they had already purchased.

This month alone, Butterball has sold about 15 million turkeys nationwide, Fleet owner reported.

One Facebook user responded: ‘A really nasty case of sexual abuse. Boycott Butterball!’

“Boycott Butterball,” another echoed the sentiment. ‘This is vial, it’s sadistic, it’s disgusting.’

Other posts echoed the idea that the ‘ugly’ video has put many off buying from the well-known brand.

The gut-wrenching clip is just one of many alarming videos PETA has shared online for Thanksgiving, urging people to rethink the food on their plates this year.

“It’s never too late to go out there and grab that vegan steak,” Canavan said. “Spare that turkey from the horrors of the slaughterhouse.”

In an email to DailyMail.com, a Butterball spokesperson defended the company.

The statement reads: ‘We are aware of a video from nearly 20 years ago that is being re-shared across social media. This video is not current and in no way reflects our animal welfare policies.

‘Animal care and welfare is central to who we are as a company, and we are committed to the ethical and responsible care of our herds. This means that maintaining the health and well-being of our turkeys is an ongoing effort.’

The spokesperson added that Butterball has annual third-party audits to ensure facilities adhere to ‘200+ science-based best practice standards for turkey care.’

She added: ‘Butterball was the first and remains the only turkey business to be American Humane certified. We are proud to be 1 in 3 turkeys on the table this Thanksgiving.’

Butterball has not responded to DailyMail.com regarding Burke’s Facebook post.