Smithfield Foods, based in Smithfield, Virginia, kills almost 30 million pigs every year, and They announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls until further notice after hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus

We are Asking Smithfield foods to protect and care for the animals left behind at their premises after closing.

This petition will be submitted to the Head of the United States Department of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue to the governor of Virginia Ralph Northam, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Smithfield foods.

We are asking them to please take care of the welfare of the animals left behind at the closed Slaughterhouse.