Butterball told USA TODAY the video is from 2006 and also said there are no current Butterball turkey recalls.

The uproar unfolded after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) activists posted a decades-old clip online over the weekend that allegedly showed the company’s employees abusing

Some Americans are swearing off turkey this Thanksgiving after PETA resurfaced its undercover investigation at a Butterball plant

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Activists posted a decades-old clip online over the weekend that shows the company's employees abusing these live turkeys at a plant in Ozark, Arkansas.

Butterball Turkey workers have been facing allegations involving s*xually abusing the birds at one of the company's plants.

Butterball faces backlash after video of alleged turkey abuse resurfaces, sparking boycott calls and recall rumors.

Disturbing allegations of turkey abuse at a Butterball slaughterhouse have resurfaced after PETA released undercover footage captured in 2006.

The shocking undercover footage, captured by the animal rights group in 2006, has resurfaced in the lead-up to Thanksgiving.

Allegations against Butterball —the most popular commercial producer of turkeys in a country that has an annual, nationwide turkey feast later this week—have come to light, implicating several employees in acts of animal cruelty.

PETA alleges severe abuse of turkeys at a Butterball facility in Arkansas, citing a 2006 undercover investigation.