Animal rights activists protested outside the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday, urging the DA to press charges against a calf ranch in Ceres for alleged animal cruelty.
Last month, drone footage captured by Bay Area-based Direct Action Everywhere activists in February showed workers at Agresti Calf Ranch kicking a calf in the face, yanking a cow’s tail and pulling the nose of a cow forcefully with pliers. One video showed a calf being disbudded with hot irons before collapsing. It appeared that no anesthetics were given to the calf beforehand, per industry standards.
Though one worker was fired, the activists want the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office to prosecute Agresti Calf Ranch for allegedly violating California’s animal cruelty statute…