by Sandra Kyle | Nov 4, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Slaughterhouse
Pigs have the intelligence of a three year old child. They are curious, insightful, non-aggressive, social, and form close bonds with other individuals. When raised for slaughter, they typically live in extremely cruel factory farm conditions. The abuse of these...
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 | Oct 24, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Slaughterhouse
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s expose this week on the abbatoir fate of ex racehorses has shocked the world. This article that first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald shows that despite pleading ignorance about how many ex racehorses end up as...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 22, 2019 | Animal cruelty, Slaughterhouse
This week the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired a programme about the fate of ex champion racehorses who, instead of being retired to live out their lives in peace and safety, ended up in abattoirs and knackeries. Shocking undercover footage taken in...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 19, 2019 | Activism, Slaughterhouse
Just days after animal justice group Animal Rebellion was banned from protesting in London this week, they stormed Newman’s Abattoir in Farnborough and u-locked and chained themselves to a slaughter truck. Eighteen arrests were made, and three activists have...
by Sandra Kyle | Sep 17, 2019 | farming, Slaughterhouse
It is not only Meteor the fugitive yak who should be spared from slaughter. All animals should be, writes End Animal Slaughter contributor LYNLEY TULLOCH When animals escape from the slaughter house truck, there is often media interest. I often wonder what...
