Tag: April 1959

  • Blood, Sweat, and Compassion: A Dark Tale of Meatpacking in Key West

    Blood, Sweat, and Compassion: A Dark Tale of Meatpacking in Key West

    April 17, 1959, will go down in the annals of Key West’s history as a day when the line between compassion and cruelty was blurred. The Humane Society of Key West, an organization dedicated to promoting kindness and empathy towards all living beings, proudly announced that the Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota, had been awarded…