Today (22nd June), Viva! posted a media release about 'humane slaughter', and calling for an urgent enquiry. Viva! contributed to the recent report by the government’s own welfare advisory body – the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) – on the annual slaughter of 853 million poultry in the UK. This report has revelaed the brutal failings of UK slaughterhouses. It states that 'A wide variety of stunning and killing systems are used for poultry, and none is ideal', which Viva! believe supports their claim that there is no such thing as humane slaughter.
Read the media release at www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=187
Read the FAWC report at www.fawc.org.uk/