PETA Demands Mumbai Slaughterhouse Inspection

Mumbai: The India chapter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to the Maharashtra government demanding immediate inspection of Mumbai’s Deonar slaughterhouse after the NGO documented shocking cruelty and rampant violation of animal protection laws there.

The letter, which has also been sent to Mumbai police, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra State Animal Welfare Board, Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Animal Welfare Board of India and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, has also asked the agencies to improve the enforcement of laws regarding transport and slaughter of animals at the facility. Deonar is counted among Asia’s biggest slaughterhouses. A video, made by PETA during one of its visits there, shows bodies of dead buffaloes being moved around the premises by a bulldozer, a shed full of the dead buffaloes, goats and sheep, and a recorded admission of a worker that animals routinely die during transportation because of severe crowding and lack of care. It is reported that over 1.24 lakh goats, sheep and about 2,700 buffaloes have arrived at the abatoir. (IANS)

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