Petition · past parliament
Make CCTV mandatory for all slaughterhouses
Closed
169 signatures
What the petition asks
Properly monitored CCTV would deter abuse, encourage best practice, help with staff training, and provide evidence for prosecutions.
Animal Aid investigated nine randomly chosen UK slaughterhouses and found breaches of welfare laws in eight. Animals were shown being kicked, slapped, stamped on, beaten, punched, burned with cigarettes, and picked up by their fleeces and ears and thrown into pens. It showed inadequate, botched and multiple stunning, and the sadistic use of stunning equipment to ‘punish’ animals.
Neither the government-appointed on-site vets nor the slaughterhouse operators detected a single illegal act that we filmed.
Neither the government-appointed on-site vets nor the slaughterhouse operators detected a single illegal act that we filmed.
Timeline
| 14 Aug 2015 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Feb 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
169
Status
Closed
Opened
14 Aug 2015
Closed
14 Feb 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.