Video surveillance in slaughterhouses to reduce animal suffering

ÖDP wants to abolish cruel treatment of animals for slaughter with petition and hopes for 30,000 supporters.

(Würzburg) - Animal welfare in practice: The _Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP - Die Naturschutzpartei)_ is initiating a petition to the German Bundestag to finally put an end to animal cruelty in German slaughterhouses. It wants to use video surveillance to prevent cattle or pigs from being exposed to unnecessary stress or violence and injuries during the last few meters of their lives. This was decided by the federal executive committee of the _ÖDP_ after discussing the ruling at its most recent meeting.

The Ökopartei is thus drawing the consequences of recent court rulings against animal welfare activists, some of which were scandalous for animal lovers. They were convicted because they secretly filmed the suffering in slaughterhouses in order to draw public attention to abuses in the plants. In the opinion of the _ÖDP_, these proceedings show that "animals have too little protection and profit maximization has priority". Helmut Kauer and Prof. Dr. Herbert Einsiedler from the party's federal executive board explain the new _ÖDP_ animal welfare initiative so clearly: "We are collecting signatures to close the gaps in animal welfare that have been uncovered by demanding video surveillance for all slaughterhouses. This should guarantee more careful treatment of the animals if veterinarians check the recordings randomly and make illegal actions by animal rights activists unnecessary." Our appeal is directed at the members of the Bundestag to finally put an end to this cruelty. The current regulations are clearly not sufficient to ensure that animals are treated without suffering, the ÖDP explains the petition

(https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/videoueberwachung-in-schlachthoefen).

Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei (ÖDP - Die Naturschutzpartei)
Pommergasse 1
97070 Würzburg
Germany

https://www.oedp.de

Herr Gerd Pfitzenmaieer
0172-9225161

gerd.pfitzenmaier@gst.oedp.de

The Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) was founded in 1982 as a federal party. The ÖDP has around 7,000 members nationwide. It is represented in local parliaments across Germany with over 520 elected representatives. Since the 2014 European elections, the ÖDP has permanently held one seat in the European Parliament.

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