
Since 2018, it's been mandatory for CCTV to be installed on all areas of abattoirs where animals remain alive. The recordings made being available to "official vets" only. This has not ended reports of animals being abused prior to slaughter, most of these reports coming from unofficial sources
Emma Reynolds
Environment Secretary
Mandate independently-monitored CCTV in all dairy farms and slaughterhouses
Fund a new government-backed animal cruelty policing unit
Create a national database of convicted animal abusers
Replace juries for domestic abuse and homicide cases with professional panels
Since 2018, it's been mandatory for CCTV to be installed on all areas of abattoirs where animals remain alive. The recordings made being available to "official vets" only. This has not ended reports of animals being abused prior to slaughter, most of these reports coming from unofficial sources
Mandate independently-monitored CCTV in all dairy farms and slaughterhouses
Fund a new government-backed animal cruelty policing unit
Create a national database of convicted animal abusers
Replace juries for domestic abuse and homicide cases with professional panels