Dear Viva! friend

Just a quick note to let you know about recent developments and press coverage exposing slaughter in today’s Independent.

Viva! contributed to the recent report by the Government’s own welfare advisory body – the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) – on the annual slaughter of 853 million poultry in the UK. This report has lifted the lid on the brutal failings of UK slaughterhouses. It states that “A wide variety of stunning and killing systems are used for poultry, and none is ideal”, which we believe supports our claim that there is no such thing as humane slaughter. Viva! is calling for an urgent enquiry. Find out more: http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=187.

The report also calls for a ban on so-called religious slaughter without pre-stunning. Viva! has been working on this issue with the Independent – you can read the story published today (22 June) here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/end-cruel-religious-slaughter-say-scientists-1712241.html.

Plus, if you haven’t already, please remember to add your signature to the online petition to ban the importation of kangaroo meat and leather into the UK: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-eu-imports---440000-joeys-killed-every-year - and get everyone else to do so, too!

Best wishes and thank you

Justin Kerswell   
Campaigns Manager
Viva!
8 York Court, Wilder Street
Bristol
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