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HomeOur inspectionsslaughterhouses11.11.2008 Inspection of a slaughterhouse and farm stopping with pig castration

11.11.2008 Inspection of a slaughterhouse and farm stopping with pig castration

These male piglets will never have to endure the pain of being castrated.

 

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In April 2008 the Dutch group Varkens in Nood threatened to take Dutch supermarkets to court for causing unnecessary suffering by selling pig meat from castrated males. The retailers reacted by agreeing to search alternatives, and now together with a large German slaughterhouse that supplies most of these stores, are investing time and research into an electronic nose that can solve the problem of boar taint. Eyes on Animals was invited to the meeting at the German slaughterhouse and to an inspection of a first pig farm that has stopped with castration. Plans are that within 1.5 years, The Netherlands will no longer castrate male pigs. Eyes on Animals will spread this information to those countries that continue to castrate male pigs so that they too adopt this much better alternative!

 

 

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Slaughterhouses

The lives of "farmed" animals, from fattening pig to breeding sow, and from veal-calf to dairy cow, end at the slaughterhouse. According to European law, animals must not endure unnecessary suffering when slaughtered. Sadly this is not always the case. Crippled animals are sometimes dragged or kicked towards the kill floor. Many are left to shiver in the winter on cold concrete floors for hours before being killed. At some plants the workers are not skilled or the equipment is faulty, leading to animals being improperly stunned and cut. Desensitized workers can be found hitting the animals and repeatedly using electric prods on sensitive areas. Slaughterhouses specializing in ritual slaughter (Halal and Kosher), do not stun the animals first and this causes additional pain. Eyes on Animals regularly visits slaughterhouses, unannounced and announced, to check on the condition of the animals arriving at the plant, how they are handled by staff workers, the quality of the installations and housing environment for the animals prior to slaughter, and the effectiveness of the stunning prior to slaughter. Eyes on Animals is in dialogue with the slaughterhouse about their observations and together with them tries to reach improvements to decrease animal suffering.