CCTV needed to curb cruel slaughter

Animal Aid's campaign for mandatory, independently monitored CCTV in slaughterhouses has now gained record political support.

Some 134 MPs have signed a parliamentary motion in support of the initiative, and 46 MPs have been photographed holding their campaign banner.

Campaign Manager for Animal Farming and Slaughter, Isobel Hutchinson, said: “We have conducted undercover investigations in ten randomly-chosen UK slaughterhouses, and found evidence of cruelty and lawbreaking in nine out of these ten.

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“This included animals being kicked, punched, burned with cigarettes and having their throats hacked at with a blunt knife whilst still fully conscious.

“While slaughter can never be cruelty-free, we believe that independently monitored CCTV is a vital tool for curbing the kind of gratuitous violence that we filmed during our investigations.”

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