On Jan. 14, Animal Partisan filed a private citizen affidavit alleging that the Billenstien family Farms, LLC, committed criminal animal cruelty when one of its drivers crashed and flipped a semi truck, killing nearly half of the pigs on board.
Animal Partisan is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to ending the exploitation of animals on farms, in slaughterhouses, and in laboratories through legal advocacy.
News Center 7 previously reported that in June 2024, a truck carrying nearly 180 to 200 pigs crashed on a highway ramp between State Route 49 and Interstate 70.
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Due to the crash, 80 to 100 pigs died along with the intense suffering of countless others…