A nearly 20-year-old video posted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) alleging turkey abuse at the nation’s foremost provider of Thanksgiving birds has caused an uproar.

This Thanksgiving Butterball is the one getting cooked. Scripps News reported, an old video of Butterball employees physically and sexually abusing live turkeys resurfaced last week -- courtesy of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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

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

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

No, Butterball turkeys have not been recalled. PETA resurfaced a video allegedly taken at a Butterball facility 20 years ago, causing confusion and renewed disturbance of alleged abuse.

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

Butterball faces backlash after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) resurfaced a 20-year-old video on social media of employees allegedly sexually abusing turkeys, sparking online calls to boycott the brand.

Butterball is facing renewed criticism following allegations of abuse after an old clip resurfaced showing the horrors at one of its plants. PETA recently highlighted its undercover investigation from 2006 at Butterball’s Ozark,

Animal right activists have resurfaced nearly 20-year-old footage from a Butterball slaughterhouse to discourage people from eating turkey.