Animal cruelty in the slaughterhouse: Electric drivers put cattle in shock!

Animal cruelty in the slaughterhouse: Electric drivers put cattle in shock!

Wesermarsch, Deutschland - The excitement makes high waves! Shocking videos were published in a slaughterhouse in the Wesermarsch that show brutal use of animals! The animal rights organization Aninova, formerly known as the German animal welfare office, has presented impressive footage in which employees torture a beef with electric shocks to drive it to slaughter. More than 160 electric shocks and a shocking duration of over four minutes until the animal is transferred to the battle area prove an incredible handling that clearly violates the law. Jan Peifer, the chairman of Aninova, is horrified: "I have rarely seen such a brutal handling of animals!"

The Lower Saxony animal welfare officer Julia Pfeiffer Schlichting, a experienced veterinarian, checked the recordings and found that the animals were apparently insufficiently stunned before they received a throat. "This means that the employees in this slaughterhouse must know that they violate applicable law," said Pfeiffer Schlichting. Minister of Agriculture Miriam Staudte (Greens) reacts promptly and has announced that it will file a criminal complaint against the operator. "Something like that is unacceptable!", She says and calls for a more precise monitoring of the slaughterhouses in Lower Saxony.

slaughterhouse immediately closed

The veterinary office immediately hired the operation of the slaughterhouse after the allegations, accompanied by the police. The authority now wants to examine the allegations and determine suitable measures. Aninova itself has also filed a criminal complaint and has already evaluated hundreds of hours of video material that was recorded during the months of August and September. The intensive controls and timely intervention are an urgently required step to prevent further animal suffering.

In a personal conversation, the slaughterhouse operator admits that misconduct has occurred, especially when using electrical drivers. A amendment to the Animal Welfare Act in the Bundestag is currently also being discussed, which prescribes video surveillance in large slaughterhouses. It remains unclear whether these measures are sufficient to ensure transparent and respectful use of animals. The animal welfare activists demand sharper controls and an end to the cruelty that are hidden behind the walls of slaughterhouses!