BOISE, Idaho — Six Mexican veterinarians who say they were recruited to work at an Idaho dairy farm as animal scientists have filed a federal human trafficking lawsuit against the dairy's owners and the lawyer who arranged work visas, claiming they were instead forced to work as labourers, milking cows and shovelling manure for about a year.
The veterinarians had been promised that they would oversee animal health and reproduction programs at Funk Dairy Inc.
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