by Sandra Kyle | Jun 28, 2020 | Activism, Human toll of slaughterhouses
The day after Animal Rights activist Regan Russell was knocked down and killed by a slaughterhouse truck driver in Toronto, the Plant Manager at the slaughterhouse here in Whanganui, New Zealand, approached me and said: ‘Please be careful of the trucks. Make sure you...
by Sandra Kyle | Apr 23, 2020 | Human toll of slaughterhouses, Slaughterhouse, Viruses
Key Points: – Infections have spread in at least 48 US meatpacking plants, sickening more than 2,200 people and killing 17. – Coronavirus has already closed some Smithfield and JBS meatpacking plants, but many more are at risk. – Rates of infection...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 26, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Health & Nutrition, Human toll of slaughterhouses, Slaughterhouse
Gail A. Eisnitz, author of ‘Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry’, and 2004 winner of the Albert Schweitzer Medal, is the author of our featured article. In December this year, the U.S. Department...
by Sandra Kyle | Jun 27, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Human toll of slaughterhouses, Slaughterhouse, Uncategorised
In January 2018 the United States Department of Agriculture announced its proposal to ‘modernize’ pig (‘swine’ or ‘hog’) slaughter. The programme was designed to greatly increase slaughter line speeds and also to reduce the number of trained USDA meat inspectors at...
by Sandra Kyle | Jun 13, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Human toll of slaughterhouses, Slaughterhouse
Remarkable undercover journalist and Author GAIL A EISNITZ answers End Animal Slaughter’s questions about her groundbreaking book SLAUGHTERHOUSE. In her book Gail documented almost unbelievable transgressions against humane slaughter, causing cattle, pigs,...
by Sandra Kyle | May 25, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Animal Rights, Human toll of slaughterhouses, Uncategorised
The worst incidences in animal slaughter occur in slaughterhouses where line speeds are increased. Gail A Eisnitz in her book ‘Slaughterhouse’ talks of pigs surviving the stunning process and having their throats slit, then being dumped into scalding...
