> > L'organisation britannique demande que l'abattoir de Sturminster
> Newton
> > (Devon) soit poursuivi pour infraction à la législation.
> >
> >
> > Selon la loi, les box d'étourdissement doivent être équipés d'un
> système
> > qui maintient la tête. Les box de cet abattoir n'en avaient
> > pas et 12% des 144 vaches filmées par Animal Aid ont dû subir
> plusieurs
> > tentatives d'étourdissement avant d'être effectivement
> > étourdies. D'autre part, les animaux étaient laissés dans les box
> > d'étourdissement pendant 65 mn avant l'étourdissement et Animal
> > Aid a vu des vaches être battues à coups de balai.
> >
> >
> > Kate Fowler, directrice de campagne : "A la lumière des preuves
> qu'Animal
> > Aid a obtenue en enquêtant dans 6 abattoirs, le
> > gouvernement et l'industrie ne pourront plus prétendre que les
> abattoirs
> > du Royaume-Uni possèdent les normes de bien-être les plus
> > élevés ni qu'ils respectent la législation. Les abattoirs sont des
> lieux
> > remplis d'horreur où les animaux - qui sont traités comme
> > des objets, peuvent être battus ou piqués avec un aiguillon s'ils
> > n'avancent pas docilement vers la mort. L'absence de compassion
> > évidente observée à l'abattoir de Sturminster Newton, ainsi que les
> > fréquentes infractions à la législation sur le bien-être animal,
> > confirment ce que nous avions conclu en filmant à l'intérieur
> d'autres
> > abattoirs du Royaume-Uni : l'abattage humain, ça n'existe
> > pas."
> >
> >
> > Vidéo de 2 min.
> > http://tinyurl.com/y2qex8s
> >
> > Vidéo de 50 min
> > http://tinyurl.com/y7derd4
> >
> > Notes
> > http://tinyurl.com/y7gfm8a
> >
> > _________________________________
> >
> >
> > Prosecutions Demanded for Slaughterhouse Cruelty: Animal Aid
> Releases New
> > Covert Film
> >
> > Posted 13 April 2010
> >
> > Animal Aid today (April 13th) releases footage taken covertly at
> > Sturminster Newton abattoir in Devon. This is the sixth UK
> > slaughterhouse to be filmed by the campaign group, and the footage
> shows
> > serious welfare failings and three significant breaches of
> > the law. The footage was sent to the Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) for
> > investigation last month.
> >
> > Animal Aid filmed the stunning box at Sturminster Newton – which
> is owned
> > by Anglo Beef Processors – over a two-day period, and the
> > killing area over a subsequent two days. From the very beginning
> it was
> > clear that a breach in the law was allowed to go uncorrected
> > and that this had led to significant welfare problems and additional
> > suffering for the cows.
> >
> > By law, bovine stunning boxes must be fitted with a head restraint.
> > Preferably, this should be a passive head shelf, which
> > encourages the animals to place their heads in the position most
> likely to
> > aid a clean shot from the captive bolt. At Sturminster
> > Newton, no such head shelf was fitted and, according to the MHS,
> this had
> > been the case since the box was installed at the beginning
> > of November last year.
> >
> > It is clear from the footage obtained that the stun operator had
> trouble
> > making effective and clean stuns, and a significant
> > proportion of animals (12 per cent of the 114 cows filmed) endured
> > multiple stuns in order to render them unconscious before
> > slaughter. In its response to Animal Aid's evidence, the MHS
> wrote: `The
> > need to re-stun those animals that did not become
> > immediately unconscious may have been avoided had the stunning box
> been
> > fitted with a head restraint reducing the opportunity for
> > the animal to move its head a moment before impact.' And yet, the
> > MHS-appointed vet either did not spot this breach of the law, or
> > chose to turn a blind eye. Animal Aid is pushing for those
> responsible to
> > be prosecuted.
> >
> > Another clear breach of the law – leaving cows for up to 65
> minutes in the
> > stunning box before they were stunned – was also admitted
> > by the MHS. It has recommended retraining for staff in relation to
> this
> > issue. Animal Aid has described this decision as `a wholly
> > inadequate response to a serious breach that caused animals
> unnecessary
> > suffering' and has, instead, asked that those responsible be
> > investigated with a view to prosecution.
> >
> > The final legal breach – the stun operator beating two cows with a
> > squeegee mop – is being investigated `with a view to
> > suspending/revoking his licence (if applicable) and to
> recommending the
> > case for investigation for a possible breach of WASK'
> > [Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations].
> >
> >
> > Says Animal Aid Head of Campaigns, Kate Fowler:
> >
> > `Animal Aid has once again identified serious breaches of the law
> at a UK
> > slaughterhouse. Such failings have caused wholly
> > unnecessary additional suffering to animals and those responsible
> should
> > be held to account.
> >
> > `In light of the body of evidence that Animal Aid has obtained
> from six
> > abattoirs, the government and industry can no longer pretend
> > that UK slaughterhouses have high welfare standards and adhere to
> the law.
> > Abattoirs are terror-filled environments where animals –
> > who are treated as inanimate objects – may be beaten and goaded if
> they do
> > not walk meekly to their deaths. The apparent absence of
> > compassion at Sturminster Newton, along with the routine breaking of
> > animal welfare laws, affirms what we have concluded from
> > filming at other UK slaughterhouses: there is no such thing as
> humane
> > slaughter.'
> >
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/ybw68ba
> >
> >
> >
>
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