Prosecution and Fine for Slaughterhouse in Landmark Animal Mistreatment Case
EPE, NETHERLANDS – A Dutch slaughterhouse has been fined €15,000 for mistreating animals, in a case that animal rights activists claim is a first. The Gosschalk slaughterhouse in Epe faced the fine and criminal prosecution for mistreatment of animals after undercover video footage of pigs and cows being beaten and given electric shocks on their way to slaughter was released by animal activists. The footage, filmed in 2020, prompted large clients like McDonald’s and Boni …