Question 6389 — animals

Summary

Mr. Bérenger Cernon questions the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty about animal suffering, particularly through the practices used in certain slaughterhouses. The L214 association recently presented an investigation into a slaughterhouse highlighting a certain number of unacceptable practices towards animals. The offenses noted are unequivocal: sheep are cut up while still alive, animals are conscious during bleeding even though they are supposed to have been stunned, operators attack cows and pigs by hitting them (including electric prods on forbidden parts of the body), bleeding pigs and sheep become unhooked from the conveyor, then are dragged on the ground before being placed back on the chain, the automatic electronarcosis pliers are often incorrectly placed on the pigs their inflicting electric shocks without stunning them, animals are slaughtered outside the slaughter line without being properly immobilized, no unconsciousness test is carried out before bleeding. It is urgent to act and for all light to be shed on these practices. Furthermore, alerts concerning unacceptable practices in certain slaughterhouses are unfortunately regular and must be taken into account collectively. Facing these issues, he wants an audit to be carried out on all slaughterhouses in France and the conclusions to be made public. He would also like to know the additional measures that the Government intends to implement so that animal suffering is truly taken into account.

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