Author: Billy Briggs in The Ferret
Top of page picture of a salmon farm off the West Coast of Scotland by Bill Heaney
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| Animal experts and academics have recommended mandatory CCTV for all fish slaughterhouses in Scotland and new legislation to ensure staff are “trained and aware of their duty of care”, to improve animal welfare. |
| A report by the Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) also argues that fish must be stunned before slaughter and killed before regaining consciousness. |
| Up to 77 million farmed fish are slaughtered each year in the UK and concerns have been raised over serious welfare abuses. There are no legal provisions detailing how to minimise pain for fish at the point of slaughter. |
Fish at one Scottish abattoir had their gills cut while still conscious and were clubbed by workers and left to asphyxiate on the ground, as revealed last year by The Ferret.
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