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Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest have written an open letter to Gary Conklin and workers at the Conklin Dairy Farm in Ohio where an undercover investigation by animal rights group Mercy For Animals revealed severe abuse to dairy cows that included body slamming, repeatedly punching them in the face, stomping on their heads, pulling them by their ears and giving as many as 40 blows to the head.

A graphic video of the ordeal can be seen after the break in this post.

“Our daughter came to us last night urging us to watch the video of the abuse at your plant. She was overcome with grief that human beings could inflict such cruelty and unconscious hatred at the most benign of creatures and their infants. The shocking images were too much for her father and me but we watched enough to know where it led.”

“What will you do?”

“Can you look in the mirror and see what you have done? Have you shown this to your children and family? You are a third generation farmer. Did you learn this from your ancestors?”

“Can you face and take the anger and sadness and grief and rage that so many will be feeling for you and your staff and accept and understand the outrage?”

The letter in its entirety can be found at the Huffington Post.

Worker Billy Joe Gregg Jr. was charged with 12 counts of animal cruelty, with each count carrying a maximum of 90 days in jail and $750 fine.

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