Dear Mr. Meislik,

I am writing to you to urge you not to sell Manning Beef to a company that intends to use the property for meat processing due to public outrage at the company's history of inhumane handling violations. 

Manning Beef incurred 61 humane handling violations between 2018 and 2024 for starving animals, shocking them excessively, and beating them in the face. In 2020, the USDA suspended inspections at Manning Beef due to "an egregious act of inhumane handling of animals." In 2022, the company was again suspended for "a trend of repetitive noncompliance" with stunning requirements. 

Manning Beef's long history of humane handling violations makes it one of the worst slaughter plants in the country. 

I recently became aware of an investigation released by Animal Outlook, where an undercover investigator worked at Manning Beef for two months in 2024 and documented the following:

• A downed dairy cow shocked over 20 times with an electric cattle prod after collapsing
• A worker stabbing a cow in the back of the head, then draining the cow's blood by stabbing them in the throat. This cow moved for over two minutes in response to being stabbed, which indicated to multiple experts that the cow was likely sensible to pain. 
• Multiple cows being butchered while showing signs of sensibility to pain 
• A cow vomiting while their face was skinned and being restrained while moving away from the knife 
• A cow left on the floor of the slaughterhouse for over half an hour

Manning Beef has been the site of numerous protests and vigils since 2017, continuing to this day. 

As the investment banker retained in Manning Beef's chapter 11 bankruptcy, Force 10 Partners has the power to discontinue this cycle of inhumane treatment and resulting protests by animal activists. 

I care passionately about this issue and hope you'll agree that the inhumane slaughter of cows has no place in Pico Rivera. I hope that Force 10 Partners will not sell Manning Beef to a company that intends to use the property for the continued slaughter of cows. Please let me know where you stand.