Pigs hit in face before ‘agonising’ CO2 death at supplier for Tesco, Asda, Aldi and M&S
by Jane Dalton and Claire Colley
Apr 01, 2024
3 minutes
A worker hit pigs in the face and on their backs with a paddle as they prepared to put them into gas chambers to die, secret filming has revealed.
The video, taken at a slaughterhouse supplying supermarkets Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Aldi, as well as Marks and Spencer, includes rare footage of pigs being suffocated by carbon dioxide (CO2) for up to a minute.
Many of the pigs were from farms endorsed by the Assured scheme (meant to suggest higher welfare),
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