Farmers and slaughterhouse employees still think animals are things, without feeling or ability to experience pain. In this view, there is little or no difference between an animal and -for example- a clock. Nowadays, there is a lot of evidence that animals have a real feeling. Like humans, they are able to experience pain and emotions, learn and feel good or bad. Whether good or poor animal welfare can be measured on the animal. At the end of 2009, a European scientific project ('Welfare Quality') was completed, in which more than 100 scientists established measurable welfare criteria for the main animal species in livestock farming.

Again shocking footage slaughterhouse: pigs and cows get blows and surges. New undercover images from a large Dutch slaughterhouse show how pigs and cattle are mistreated, beaten and hunted with electroshocks. The footage was taken at Gosschalk slaughterhouse in Epe, by someone who worked undercover for 20 days as a stable employee. Supervisor NVWA intervenes and takes hard measures.


What about animal welfare in livestock farming??
Most animals that are kept for their meat, milk or eggs live in intensive livestock farming, which is also known as bio-industry or livestock industries. In intensive livestock farming, many animals are always kept indoors, in bare stables, lofts or cages. They can hardly behave naturally and that often causes stress and abnormal behavior. Also, many animals are mutilated to adapt them to tight housing. Intensive livestock farming is not the main focus of the animal, but the high yield. Animal welfare leaves much to be desired.

Close slaughterhouse Gosschalk!
Our undercover researcher filmed horrible abuses at the slaughterhouse.

This slaughterhouse needs to be closed immediately!

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