McClatchy Newspapers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dr. Sarah Jean Mason of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services pleaded guilty Feb. 15 in Hoke County District Court to impeding an investigation into animal cruelty at a Butterball turkey farm.
She was sentenced to 45 days in jail on two misdemeanor charges, but that sentence was suspended pending a year of probation. Also, the agriculture department suspended her for two weeks without pay.
This follows action by an animal rights group, Mercy for Animals, which used a hidden camera at the farm about 90 miles south of Raleigh. . .
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