The Government is under mounting pressure from MPs, vets, and animal welfare campaigners to ban religious slaughter, after scenes of cruelty – shown in an undercover video of a halal abattoir - sparked public revulsion.
The disturbing findings of the investigation at the Bowood Lamb abattoir in North Yorkshire, by Animal Aid, reported in today’s Independent, have already resulted in one slaughterman being sacked and three suspended.
Undercover footage showed scenes including workers repeatedly hacking at sheep’s throats and animals being kicked in the head and face. [The Independent] Read more
