Horrifying video shows a horse being stabbed, cows being beaten and lambs having their throats slit without being stunned at Spanish slaughterhouse
- Video appears to show lambs having their throats slit without being stunned
- Horse also seen thrashing around after a huge wound is punctured into its neck
- The footage was taken in a slaughterhouse in Caudete, south-central Spain
Shocking footage has today been released showing the inhumane slaughter of lambs having their throats slit without being stunned and a horse being stabbed in a Spanish abattoir.
The shocking images were shared by the Non-Governmental Organisation Equalia and were reportedly recorded in a municipal slaughterhouse in Caudete, in the south-central Spanish province of Albacete in the Castilla La Mancha region.
In the footage, lambs can be seen being bled seemingly without having been stunned beforehand.
The animals thrash about as they hang upside down bleeding out in an agonising death.
Shocking footage has today been released showing the inhumane slaughter of lambs having their throats slit without being stunned and a horse being stabbed in a Spanish abattoir
Horrifying images show a horse being stabbed in the neck in a Spanish slaughterhouse. It is left to bleed out
A cow is beaten and provoked with metal sticks as it is stuck in a small pen before slaughter
The clip also shows a cow being beaten with metal sticks before a horse is placed into the stunning area and has a huge wound punctured into its neck, with the animal kicking and thrashing as it bleeds to death.
Equalia, which fights for animal rights, say the images were recorded this year in the Caudete slaughterhouse, which is managed by a private company.
Guillermo Moreno, General Director of Equalia, said: ‘This is part of a campaign we are doing this year to ask the authorities to install CCTV cameras inside the slaughterhouse in order to prevent situations like this where a case of animal abuse is clearly seen.
‘It is against the law, for example, to kill the lambs before them being stunned’.
The video was shared by the organisation today as it is International Animal Rights Day.
Mr Morena added: ‘We saw irregularities with animal welfare. The facilities are very old, and it is seen, for example, how the horse cannot fit in the stunning box and the workers had to tie it in the box.
Equalia, which fights for animal rights, say the images were recorded this year in the Caudete slaughterhouse, which is managed by a private company
Lambs can be seen being bled seemingly without having been stunned beforehand. The animals can be seen thrashing as they hang upside down and bleed out
‘In another moment, a cow can even be seen being hit in the eye.’
Equalia said that major brands such as Carrefour and El Pozo Alimentacion have asked for CCTV cameras to be installed in slaughterhouses to be sure the products they are selling do not come from abused animals.
The organisation is asking for CCTV cameras to become necessary by law in Spain – this is already standard practice in the UK.