HBO documentary recounts case in which DVM received threats: His testimony in '07 hog-farm trial stirred criticism

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LAKE CITY, IOWA — An Iowa veterinarian says there's little more he can say or wishes to say about his testimony in a 2007 trial involving an Ohio hog-farm operation that led to his receiving hate mail and threats, now that a newly released HBO documentary is bringing the case back to public attention. The 88-minute film, "Death on a Factory Farm," released in mid-March, is condensed from many hours of undercover footage obtained by a covert operative named "Pete," who was paid by the Humane FarmingAssociation (HFA) in 2006 to document alleged abusive practices on a Creston, Ohio, hog farm. The group then took the video to Wayne County, Ohio, authorities and took out newspaper ads urging aggressive prosecution of the case.