Please urge McHenry County Board President Buehler and Board Members to hold Community Farm slaughterhouse to the conditions in the county ordinance on small and poultry processing, Section 14.3. HH.7 of the County UDO!

This will require Community Farm to apply for a special use permit which will be voted on by the McHenry County Board at a public meeting in which community members can finally have their voice heard rather than ignored,

TAKE ONE MORE ACTION!

After you sign this petition, please call Buehler at (815) 334-4224 and leave a message, then follow up with an email to mjbuehler@mchenrycountyil.gov

Why Oppose this Slaughterhouse?

There is well-documented evidence that slaughterhouses have numerous negative impacts on communities which include: 

1. The fact that Coronavirus and other recent zoonotic pandemics originate in live animal markets,
2. Risk of infectious disease outbreaks, like bird flu, swine flu, salmonella and E. coli, due to unsanitary conditions and diseased animals,
3. Decreasing property values,
4. Increasing crime rates, especially violent crimes, wherever and whenever they open, 
5. Emitting offensive odors from dead and decaying animals,
6. Making noisy, late night deliveries of animals,
7. Providing hazardous working conditions (workers suffer some of the highest rates of disease infection, physical injury, PTSD, substance abuse and domestic violence),
8. Increasing rodent infestation,
9. Polluting the environment with wastewater, toxic cleaning agents, and dead animal disposal which can lead to contamination of groundwater, soil and air,
10. Keeping animals in filthy and miserable conditions which breeds disease and suffering (see our video to get a glimpse of what the typical slaughterhouse is like at https://slaughterfreechicago.com/slaughterhouses-conditions/