Westminster Protects Pigs, Pressures Processors
Gas Is Cruel in Slaughterhouses, Acceptable in Parliament LONDON, England — The British government has proposed phasing out carbon dioxide stunning for pigs after discovering that the gas causes suffering. Whitehall immediately declared the discovery a major scientific breakthrough. For decades, Britain has struggled to identify a substance capable of causing distress, irritation and an overwhelming desire to escape. Then somebody visited the House of Commons. Defra Consultation on CO₂…
