Animal slaughter

Pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act, the ban concerns breeding, keeping, importing and slaughtering of animals for fur and skin production, Tanjug is reporting.

According to the register of the Veterinary Administration, there were 16 fur farms in Serbia before the ban took effect on the first day of this year.

Activists demonstrated outside the Varvakeios fish and meat market in downtown Athens on Saturday to protest the slaughter of animals. The demo was organized by the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere and began at nearby Monastiraki Square. [InTime News]

Hidden cameras at an animal abbatoir in the United Kingdom showed shocking welfare breaches. Government-appointed vets were supposed to be on hand at the abbattoirs the size of Bowood Lamb abbatoir in Thirsk in North Yorkshire, the 10th filmed and 9th found to be breaking laws pertaining to animal cruelty.