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Slaughterhouse Closed After Animal Aid Exposé
A&G Barber - the Essex slaughterhouse secretly filmed by Animal Aid inflicting shocking cruelty on pigs - has been forced to close as a result of the undercover investigation.
More about A&G Barber's closure100 Days in Government: 100 Days of Failing Animals
Since the Coalition government came to power, there has been a significant erosion of animal protection measures on several fronts, according to animal protection group, Animal Aid. Some of the steps taken - such as markedly reducing veterinary cover in 'livestock' markets - have fallen under the convenient banner of 'cost-cutting'. Others are clearly designed to reduce the regulations placed on bloodsports industries.
More about The Government and animal welfare failingsBattery Cows
Three years ago, Animal Aid released footage taken inside four of Britain's zero grazing dairy units. Inside the sheds, dairy cows live in almost permanent confinement with some animals never able to get outside at all.
Our report, Battery Cows: zero grazing and the dairy industry demanded answers from the government. Instead, we got platitudes and a shifting of goal posts as they tried to convince us that 'levels of stockmanship' were highest on zero grazing farms.
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