‘No mistreatment’ in activists’ undercover abattoir footage
Undercover footage of a Suffolk abattoir published by animal rights campaigners shows no mistreatment of pigs, according to a leading vet who has watched the clips.
This week, the Animal Justice Project (AJP) released a six-minute video of its 2023 operation at C&K Meats, alleging that a series of welfare breaches had occurred.
But Jason Aldiss, a senior vet with decades of experience in leadership roles and head of external affairs at the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (Aims), told Farmers Weekly that he saw nothing of concern in the film.
AJP claimed the video showed pigs being “struck with instruments, causing pain and distress”, “visible injuries”, “unclean pens” and “severe stress indicators”, such as heavy panting and frothing at the mouth.
Commenting on the allegations, Dr Aldiss said: “This has been designed to portray the industry in a bad way and get people to stop eating meat.
“But if these are the worst bits they have been able to pull together over what I assume was many hours or months or weeks of filming, then they have nothing.
“The way the pigs are being managed is perfectly acceptable for that environment and perfectly acceptable within the legislation.”
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