Between 2009 and 2017, Animal Aid secretly filmed inside thirteen randomly chosen UK slaughterhouses and found twelve of them were breaking animal welfare laws. It is clear that better regulation is needed, starting with independently monitored CCTV cameras in all slaughterhouses. Despite the widespread abuses, 200 MPs signalling their support for mandatory CCTV, the Farm Animal Welfare Committee reporting on its benefits, the British Veterinary Association supporting its introduction, the Food Standards Agency stating that ‘the case is made’, and Defra Minister George Eustice accepting that the cost of camera installation is ‘relatively modest’, the government has yet to make independently monitored cameras mandatory.
Campaign Updates
September 2016
Bowood slaughterhouse staff could now escape having to answer for their actions after judge rules case out of time.
Bowood slaughterhouse staff could now escape having to answer for their actions after judge rules case out of time.
August 2016
More than 4,000 severe breaches of animal welfare regulations took place in UK slaughterhouses over the past two years, including chickens and pigs being put in scalding water while still alive.
More than 4,000 severe breaches of animal welfare regulations took place in UK slaughterhouses over the past two years, including chickens and pigs being put in scalding water while still alive.