Undercover investigation at JV Richards, Cornwall

Posted on the 25th August 2009

Insert video from JV Richards

These images are screen grabs from undercover footage taken at JV Richards in Truro, Cornwall. For higher resolution versions, please contact us.

Two calves watch a third being stunned
Stun operator stands on a calf to keep him still
A pig who fell from the slaughter line into the blood pit is re-shackled and hoisted, while other pigs look on
A pig climbs the door of the stun room to try to escape
A worker casually kicks the last remaining pig to be stunned
A sheep waits in lairage
The stun room is crowded with sheep
The last remaining sheep of a group faces the electric stun
A sheep meets the knife
The sheep is stunned...
The stun operator approaches
A sheep too sick to stand – or possibly already dead – is brought to the stun room
and her body raised on the hoist so a worker can cut her throat
 
Two calves watch a third being stunned
Stun operator stands on a calf to keep him still
A pig who fell from the slaughter line into the blood pit is re-shackled and hoisted, while other pigs look on
A pig climbs the door of the stun room to try to escape
A worker casually kicks the last remaining pig to be stunned
A sheep waits in lairage
The stun room is crowded with sheep
The last remaining sheep of a group faces the electric stun
A sheep meets the knife
The sheep is stunned...
The stun operator approaches
A sheep too sick to stand – or possibly already dead – is brought to the stun room
and her body raised on the hoist so a worker can cut her throat

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