https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cows-animal-abuse-arla-milk-b2711148.html
An injured cow with blood on its head pictured on the farm
Animal Justice Project
Category: Farm Animals
https://animalequality.org/news/dangers-of-brazils-self-control-law/
- In 2024, Animal Equality found major violations in São Paulo slaughterhouses, where cows and chickens were mistreated under Brazil’s Self-Control Law.
- In 2022, an earlier investigation revealed cruelty at pig and cow slaughterhouses in Minas Gerais and Pará, warning about the dangers of the Self-Control Bill.
- Workers were seen twisting animals’ tails, kicking them, and using electric shocks on sensitive areas like the head and genitals.
- Some animals were skinned and dismembered while still alive.
- These findings point to a global problem as U.S. slaughterhouses speed up production lines, increasing risks for animal cruelty.
Animal Equality’s investigation reveals the impact of Brazil’s 2022 Self-Control Law, which reduced government oversight of slaughterhouses. The findings uncover rampant cruelty and violations, with profits prioritized over animals, public health, and transparency.
Video on page or VIMEO Link: https://vimeo.com/1047226914
2024 investigation: São Paulo slaughterhouses
The latest investigation, featuring never-before-seen footage, uncovers significant failures in cow and chicken slaughterhouses in rural São Paulo.
These facilities were already following a state-level version of the Self-Control Law before it was implemented across the country. Investigators found widespread violations of handling and slaughter rules set by Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.
2022 investigation: Early warnings ignored
In 2022, Animal Equality issued an urgent warning about the risks of the Self-Control Bill. Investigating pig and cow slaughterhouses in the states of Minas Gerais and Pará, the team uncovered a critical shortage of government inspectors.
Without proper oversight, workers were left to enforce safety and animal protection rules on their own, resulting in widespread violations. Despite these findings, the bill became law.
Between the 2022 and 2024 investigations, Animal Equality documented:
Intentional cruelty:
- Tail twisting and kicking animals in the face.
- Use of high-frequency electric shocks on prohibited areas, including the head, tail, genitals, and anus.
Stunning failures:
- Animals were tied with ropes instead of being secured in proper stunning boxes, making effective stunning nearly impossible.
- Captive bolt pistols were used incorrectly, leading to failed attempts to stun animals.
- Broken stunning tools were not fixed, forcing some animals to endure up to seven failed stunning attempts.
- No staff were assigned to ensure stunning was effective. When animals showed signs of consciousness–such as eye movement or lifting their heads–workers often did not repeat the stunning unless the animal became too agitated to manage.
Delayed slaughter:
- Stunned animals were left for over two minutes before slaughter, exceeding legal limits meant to prevent them from regaining consciousness:
- Non-penetrating captive bolt pistols deliver a blunt impact to the head, causing a concussion without breaking the skull. Animals must be slaughtered within 30 seconds, as this method loses effectiveness quickly.
- Penetrating captive bolt pistols use a bolt to penetrate the skull, causing deeper and longer-lasting unconsciousness. This method allows up to 60 seconds before slaughter must take place.
- Delays beyond these limits caused animals to regain consciousness, leading to extreme suffering.
Mutilations while conscious:
- Workers did not wait the required three minutes after slaughter to ensure animals were dead before mutilating them. This resulted in animals being skinned and dismembered while alive.
Poor facility conditions:
- Overcrowded pens with more animals than recommended.
- Animals left in extreme heat without shade or water.
- Slippery floors causing frequent slips and falls.
(All That is Wrong with the System of Live Export … – Comment Ed.)
17-10-2024 News Animal Transports
Two transport vehicles carrying heavily pregnant heifers left Germany on September 12 and reached the Turkish border at Kapikule four days later, on September 16, where they were held for a month. The German authorities were aware of the acute emergency situation since September 23 but did not intervene. Between September 23 and October 2, the animals were briefly unloaded, provided with water and feed, and housed in a makeshift shelter. On October 2, they were loaded back onto the transport vehicles. The exact reasons for this decision remain unclear. However, there are rumors that unsanitary conditions, intense odors, and a fly infestation prompted this action. The German authorities took action when the animals were reloaded onto the trucks, but the measures taken were completely inadequate.
The conditions for the animals on the transports deteriorated with each passing day. Although they were fed and watered, the care provided was insufficient due to their advanced stages of pregnancy. Moreover, the transport vehicles were not cleaned, causing the cows to stand ankle-deep in their own excrement. During this time, and under these appalling conditions, several calves were born, none of which had a chance of survival. The first report of a dead animal was received on October 6.
On October 11, the state of Brandenburg, from which the animals originally came, issued a euthanasia order that mandated the slaughter of the cows by October 13. On the evening of October 14, the animals were transported to a slaughterhouse near the border in Edirne. Many heifers and newborn calves had already died on the transport vehicles. On October 15, the animals were slaughtered without anesthesia. The calves suffocated painfully inside their dying mothers. There is a much more humane method of euthanasia called placentally accessible euthanasia, which allows the unborn calves to be euthanized alongside their mothers.
The bodies of those animals that had already died before arriving at the slaughterhouse were left on the trucks to be dumped in a landfill later. As the teams from Animals’ Angels and Animal Welfare Foundation left the slaughterhouse, they were alerted by the loud mooing of an animal that had been left alive on the truck, which was now to be unloaded alongside the dead animals. We were able to arrange for an emergency slaughter of the animal on-site.
Urgent Call for a Transport Ban
Since 2010, Animals’ Angels and the Animal Welfare Foundation have called for an immediate end to animal transports to Turkey. The conditions at the Turkish border of Kapikule and the cruel death of the animals once again demonstrate that these transports are incompatible with animal welfare requirements, as stated in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005: “No one shall carry out or arrange for the transport of animals if it is likely to cause them injury or unnecessary suffering.”
This case starkly highlights the urgent need for an immediate halt to such exports.
We will continue to remain on-site and work with a Turkish lawyer to initiate legal action. We demand clear and enforceable measures from the German government and the European Union to end the suffering of these animals.
VIDEO in German (from German TV Programme, “37 Grad”)
https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/37-grad/37-schutzlos-ausgeliefert-100.html
The Story of Calf 1578
(Animal Equality)
https://animalequality.org/blog/2023/04/12/the-tragic-end-to-the-life-of-calf-1578/
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Animal Equality Mexico’s investigation revealed the cruel treatment and slaughter of lambs and sheep in illegal slaughterhouses in states with high populations of these animals.
November 5, 2019 Updated: February 22, 2024
Animal Equality in Mexico has released its second investigation of 2019, focusing on the country’s illegal slaughterhouses and bringing to light the cruel treatment and slaughter of lambs and sheep within states that have the largest number of these animals in the country.
Released through the renowned news outlet Aristegui Noticias, Animal Equality investigators documented the horrible killings of lambs and sheep in backyard pens and underground slaughterhouses in the States of Hidalgo and Mexico, where the animals were destined to be used for the popular barbecue dish Barbacoa de Borrego. Our footage shows the brutality with which these sensitive animals are killed, and documented:
- Animals dragged by their limbs and violently slaughtered
- Lambs are fully conscious as they are tied up and decapitated
- Workers violently transporting lambs
- Workers killing more than three lambs at the same time, one next to the other
- Minors witnessing the killings and, in some cases, carrying out the slaughter of the animals
- The animals were mortally injured and left to bleed to death.
- No veterinarian present
Through the evidence our team gathered, the investigation documents numerous violations of Mexican Official Standards and reveals systematic violence in the handling of animals killed for Barbacoa de Borrego. The footage also shows the failure to abide by the methods of animal slaughter set forth by the government, as well as the guidelines for humane treatment during the animals’ transport.
In response, we have launched a petition to demand that Mexican officials act on our complaints, while also asking lawmakers to strengthen penalties and consider the non‑compliance of welfare standards in the country an animal cruelty crime. We have also filed a complaint with Mexican authorities. We will continue to encourage legislation in Mexico so that these acts are considered punishable crimes of animal cruelty, as we have previously done with Jalisco State Reform.
To ensure this cruelty becomes a thing of the past, please join us in leaving animals off your plate. Plant‑based options replacing animal products are readily available, taste great, and ensure living beings are not suffering for your meal. Sharing this post can help us spread the word about these terrible abuses.
https://animalequality.org/news/animal-equality-investigates-mexican-backyard-lamb-slaughterhouses/
Big words;
SWUNG INTO ACTION;
NO RISK TO PUBLIC
ISOLATED CASE
INVESTIGATING THE ORIGINS
little faith;
Mark
Diana and Mark
https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/24724762.peta-christmas-advert-filmed-norwich-animal-sanctuary/
PETA said: “People may never hear jingle bells the same way again”. (Image: PETA)
Animal rights organisation PETA has created a short feature focusing on what happens to animals during the festive period, filmed at Norwich’s Hillside Animal Sanctuary on Hall Lane.
The advert, set to air in cinemas next month, depicts a young schoolgirl stopping to practice Jingle Bells on her trumpet, near a farm she passes on her walk home. There she meets a cow who always comes to the fence to listen.
But when the girl brings her mother to meet her new friend, the cow is missing and being loaded onto a lorry bound for the abattoir.
Hillside is now home to over 4000 animals
and is one of the UK’s most successful campaigning organisations for the animals’ cause. We have always known that one of the main reasons animals are left to suffer in factory farms is because people have little or no idea about the immense cruelty involved in their food production. Although most of our rescued animals have been saved from the farming industry,
Hillside is home to over 2500 horses, ponies, donkeys and mules.
Hillside Link: If you support welfare, then Hillside is a must and be well worth supporting with any size donation,
A great sanctuary – we support regularly.
I could watch this every day !
Regards Mark
See our other recent post about this: https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2024/11/08/usa-40-monkeys-escape-from-yemassee-monkey-farm-in-beaufort-hampton-co-heres-what-we-know/
New reference – additional data:
The monkeys that science has experimented on for over a century.
“The U.S. Army and NASA have rhesus macaques too,” wrote the book’s author, Dario Maestripieri, a behavioural scientist at the University of Chicago, “and for years they trained them to play computer video games to see whether the monkeys could learn to pilot planes and launch missiles.”
WHY ????
Regards Mark
World Animals Voice 