The sheep is shown being beheaded as it hangs in mid-air in the shocking video. Other Sheep are also seen getting their heads and limbs stuck in the conveyor belt, having their throats cut.
BRENDAN MCFADDEN: ‘Heartbreaking undercover footage has revealed a live sheep being beheaded from inside a slaughterhouse that was already under investigation for mistreating livestock. The sheep is shown being beheaded as it hangs in mid-air in the shocking video recorded at Farmers Fresh abattoir in Wrexham, North Wales.
The disturbing video… also shows sheep on a conveyor belt struggling under the weight of headless corpses. Sheep are also seen getting their heads and limbs stuck in the conveyor belt, with one having its throat cut after being trapped… Workers are also seen brutally yanking at the trapped sheep out of the conveyor belt…
Pictures taken at the abattoir, which is supposedly ‘under investigation’, also shows sheep carcasses lying on the slaughterhouse floor, having died from unknown causes. The footage filmed during July and August 2019 was released by animal protection organisation, Animal Equality… Fellow animal welfare charity, Animal Aid filmed abuse in the same slaughterhouse earlier in 2019…
Abigail Penny, acting executive director of Animal Equality UK, said: “These defenceless animals are treated like commodities, placed on a conveyor that delivers them to their death.”Slaughterhouses are inherently unforgiving places and this systematic neglect – made all the worse by poorly designed equipment – causes even more distress for these terrified lambs and sheep.” She added: “We demand justice for these vulnerable animals”.’ SOURCE…
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