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A Major Hillside Farm Animal Investigation...

This Hillside investigation began
after we received information
that illegal practices were
occurring at Bagshaw & Sons’
slaughterhouse in Leek.

Travelling many miles from our

Sanctuary, we worked

undercover to put up hidden

cameras that would record

hundreds of hours of footage,

much of it showing barbaric The facade that hid the cruelty going on be
cruelty to defenseless animals in

their final minutes. The Leek abattoir, whose exterior was adorned with a

it was a ‘High Class Family Butcher’, would have fooled unsuspecting custo

would never guess at the cruelty and illegal activity going on behind its wal

cameras revealed the true picture. Sheep were filmed being kicked, throw

stamped on as they huddled together in fear, watching their numbers reduc

A large proportion of the attempts to stun them failed, only knocking t

their feet for long enough for them to be shackled and suspended upsi

their feet, leaving the poor animals clearly conscious as they were ratch

the room where their throats were cut.

Bagshaws was only licensed to kill sheep, goats and cows yet our hidde
also filmed pigs being viciously kicked and beaten before being despatch
Alpacas were also illegally sent for slaughter there.

Our filmed evidence was handed over to the Food Standards Agency a
Bagshaw pleaded guilty to a large number of charges including many an
breaches. He was sentenced to a custodial term of 10 months in priso
banned from keeping, owning, transporting or delivering farm animals fo

‘Hillside 2016 Slaughterhouse Investigation’ can be ordered on ba