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On October 23, 2002, two men, Kyle Alan Sloan and Kevin Andrew Sloan,
beat to death one hundred turkeys at Woodland Farms in Story County,
Iowa. The men have been charged with burglary, criminal mischief, and
the Class D Felony offense of having knowingly injured and willfully
destroyed the turkeys by an act of violence.
Because the Class D Felony charge appears to address the killing of
the turkeys more from the standpoint of property damage than from the
standpoint of animal cruelty and abuse, we are urging the Story
County prosecutor to add to the other charges the charge of Livestock
Abuse. A Livestock Abuser is specifically defined under Iowa law as a
"person [who] injures or destroys livestock owned by another person,
in any manner. . . .A person guilty of livestock abuse commits an
aggravated misdemeanor.
Please write a respectful letter to the Story County District
Attorney and urge him to file livestock abuse charges against Kevin
and Kyle Sloan. Remind him that the court must recognize the true
victims of this violent crime-the one hundred turkey who were cruelly
beaten to death. Contact:
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Mr. Stephen Holmes
Story County District Attorney
1315 South B Avenue
Nevada, Iowa 50201
Ph: 515-382-7255
Fax: 515-382-7270
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We thank The Humane Society of the United States for this information.
United Poultry Concerns, Inc.
PO Box 150
Machipongo, VA 23405-0150
757-678-7875
FAX: 757-678-5070
www.upc-online.org
(Action Alert - Urge That Livestock Abuse Charges Be Pressed Against Iowa Turkey
Beaters)
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