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Pigs boiled alive and chickens freezing to death in lorries: Shocking report reveals 4,000 severe breaches of animal safety rules at slaughterhouses in just two years
- Report found there were thousands of breaches of welfare regulations
- Chickens and pigs were boiled alive, among the incidents recorded
- Abattoir worker attacked three bulls with a wooden stick and electric prod
By Matt Hunter
Animals were subjected to brutal conditions and horrifying deaths in more than 4,000 cases in the last two years, an investigation has uncovered.
The report found there were thousands of serious breaches of animal welfare regulations, including chickens and pigs being boiled alive and cattle freezing to death on lorries.
Breakdowns on production lines and problems with equipment can lead to livestock suffering needlessly painful deaths.
The figures cataloging the number and severity of incidents involving British farm animals were revealed by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
The Food Standards Agency documented scores of incidents of animal cruelty and neglect by slaughterhouse staff, lorry drivers and farmers, these include:
- A cow being ‘violently slammed’ against a wall following a row between workers
- An abattoir worker attacking three bulls with a wooden stick and electric prod
- A haulier caught on CCTV kicking and punching cattle before unloading them
- Sheep and pigs being grabbed by their wool or skin and lifted by their horns or tails
- Thousands of animals not being stunned or killed properly, including chickens and pigs lowered into boiling water to soften the skin – while still alive
In 600 cases, animals arrived at slaughterhouses already dead. In one incident, 574 chickens from a total of 6,072 birds onboard, had died from scorching conditions.
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