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2-year-old animal abuse video goes viral again, renewing calls to boycott Fairlife, though brand has cut ties with dairy
May 29, 2021 4:34AM ET
Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune/TNS
A 2-year-old video of alleged animal abuse at a northwest Indiana dairy farm has gone viral again, generating a new wave of social media outrage and renewed calls to boycott Fairlife, a Chicago-based premium milk brand. Shot in 2018 by an undercover activist group investigator at Fair Oaks Farms, then the massive flagship dairy of Fairlife, the four-minute video depicts workers throwing, dragging, kicking and hitting newborn calves. Reaction was fast and furious when the video was released in June 2019. A dozen Chicago-area grocers pulled Fairlife from their shelves amid widespread backlash. C...