The RSPCA has renewed its call for animals slaughtered without stunning to be labelled so – and a House of Lords debate saw almost unanimous support for the measure.
Lord Trees, an independent life peer, brought the debate, and called the issue of slaughter without stunning “a major, if not the major animal welfare issue in the United Kingdom today”.
“I suggest that consumers can justifiably expect to be informed if the normal legally required form of humane slaughter has not been used,” he added. [Farmers Weekly] Read more
