CCTV Cameras to Be Made Compulsory in Slaughterhouses

CCTV Cameras to Be Made Compulsory in Slaughterhouses
A worker lugs a carcass of beef at Smithfield market in London. The UK government is requiring abattoirs to install CCTV from spring 2018. Sinead Lynch/AFP/Getty Images
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The British government is to require slaughterhouses to install CCTV, to crack down on mistreatment of animals.

Abattoirs that are found to mistreat animals will face losing their licence or being prosecuted.

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