(wS / ots) Dortmund / Munich 03/24/2021 | SOKO animal welfare investigators can use current images from the past few weeks to prove that animals were systematically slaughtered in full consciousness at the Prott meat center in Selm NRW on every slaughter day. “The sheep were brutally slashed and thrown into a heap, cattle fought for their lives bleeding and dangling from the chain and roared in pain,” says SOKO animal welfare investigator Friedrich Mülln, describing the situation. The authorities had been warned for almost 20 years and failed to stop the slaughter.
The slaughter of animals is illegal in Germany and only possible under very strict conditions in exceptional cases. However, there are no special permits in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Prott slaughterhouse, which is run by Germans, on the other hand, has specialized in slaughtering without anesthesia. There are also other legal violations and atrocities: animals have to spend the whole night in the blood-smeared killing box and are woken up in the morning with electric shocks, collapsed due to lack of water and exhaustion. The hygienic conditions are catastrophic. In one scene, a butcher draws blood from the dirty floor of the killing box into a bucket, presumably for further processing.
What is noticeable is what you cannot see: the veterinary inspection, which is mandatory for companies of this size, does not seem to take place. No inspectors can be seen on the 24/7 images. A live inspection apparently did not take place and then the meat should have been discarded.
Research shows that the authorities have known about slaughter in the company for almost 20 years and have been repeatedly informed about these atrocities. The authorities failed all along the line and to an extent that we believe is punishable.
Even at night the business is full of shreds of flesh and blood. There are disgusting and health-endangering conditions. “Since the Unna Veterinary Office is now claiming that all slaughterings took place under official control and with anesthesia, the only question that remains is whether there is total incompetence or bribery involved. This veterinary office needs to be tidied up! ”Said the SOKO spokesman.
According to internal documents, the animals come from TönniesRind, among others, and come from all over Germany, even from distant Bavaria. Customers included butchers and supermarkets throughout the Ruhr region as well as citizens who bought directly from the farm.
On March 18th, 2021, a few hours after the last video recordings were filmed, SOKO Tierschutz filed a criminal complaint and handed over the evidence to the public prosecutor, the police and the ministry.
“Unfortunately, despite repeated appeals, the authorities only acted in the evening, which meant the terrible slaughter death for other animals. This is a crashing failure of the Unna Veterinary Office and the LANUV (Ministry), because the unbelievable conditions were obvious and well known. “The responsible veterinarians belong in court just like the responsible butchers and should be punished with all severity,” demands the SOKO animal welfare spokesman.
Systematic slaughtering uncovered / German slaughterhouse tortures animals to death / NRW authorities fail in animal welfare / A cattle is illegally slaughtered in Selm NRW at the Prott slaughterhouse in March 2021. Photo: SOKO Tierschutz eV
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The Prott slaughterhouse is the eleventh German abattoir that SOKO Tierschutz uncovered. Nine had to be closed. This shows that the German control of slaughterhouses is characterized by a total failure, at the expense of animals suffering agonies and also of people whose health is endangered. SOKO Tierschutz sees a solution only in turning away from the completely unleashed animal exploitation with all its catastrophic consequences for earth, humans and animals.
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