Slaughterhouse

Representatives of farmers have walked out of talks with the government, announcing a new protest rally, after the ruling coalition tabled a bill introducing what has been labelled as animal police.

Spanish slaughterhouses will have to install video surveillance to ensure animals are not mistreated before being killed, the government has announced, claiming a first in the EU.

From July 31 to Monday, August 5, a state of emergency was declared in the Northern Bulgarian region of Silistra because of a confirmed case of African Swine Fever in a pig-breeding farm in the village of Popina. The Regional Food Safety Directorate will organize a 12-hour inspection at slaughterhouses in Dulovo, Tutrakan, and Sitovo in the area.

Poland has exported a total of 2,700 kilograms of suspicious beef to several European countries, which is currently withdrawing from the markets, Econ.bg reports.

Knickers the steer is the current obsession of the internet. The steer — which is basically a neutered bull — stands a whopping 6 feet 4 inches from hoof to shoulder and towers above other cows when he stands in an Australian field with them. His owner admits that the sudden surge of attention is inexplicable. 

A South Korean city court has outlawed the killing of dogs for meat, in a potentially landmark ruling that animal rights activists said Thursday could pave the way for making canine eating illegal.

The meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine, with about one million dogs believed to be eaten annually.

The French Institute in Thessaloniki is hosting "Abattoirs de Thessalonique - Un Quartier de Palimpseste," an exhibition of works by 21 Greek photographers who were sent out to explore the changes in the western area of the northern port city that served as the central slaughterhouse and meat-packing district up until a few years ago. The show runs through April 20.

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.