Chicken scandal sackings

An American poultry processing plant fired 11 workers just 24 hours after an animal rights group released a secretly-shot video of workers kicking, stamping on and smashing chickens against walls at the West Virginia facility.

Pilgrim’s Pride, a supplier for KFC chicken restaurants, said three of those fired at its plant in Moorefield were managers and eight were hourly workers.

“We will continue with this investigation until we’re confident that every employee – regardless of rank – who had knowledge of these incidents has been held accountable for their actions,” president and chief operating officer OB Goolsby said yesterday.

The grainy videotape, which was released over the internet, was secretly recorded between October and May by an investigator with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.