{"id":42039,"date":"2025-04-22T20:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/42039\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T20:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:53:15","slug":"dup-councillor-calls-for-cctv-in-all-ni-slaughterhouses-particularly-where-barbaric-practice-of-halal-occurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/42039\/","title":{"rendered":"DUP councillor calls for CCTV in all NI slaughterhouses, \u2018particularly\u2019 where \u2018barbaric practice of halal\u2019 occurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alderman Stephen Moutray has called on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council<\/a> (ABC) to recommend the installation of CCTV cameras in all Northern Ireland slaughterhouses. <\/p>\n

Under the halal code, animals are supposed to be killed quickly, with a single sweep of a surgically sharp knife.<\/p>\n

They should not see the knife before they are slaughtered, or witness the death of other animals.<\/p>\n

Animals must be alive and healthy at the time of slaughter, and all blood drained from the carcass.<\/p>\n

Stunning cannot be used to kill an animal under the principles. <\/p>\n

The RSPCA says slaughter without pre-stunning causes \u201cunnecessary suffering\u201d.<\/p>\n

It follows the launch of a public consultation on mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses in Northern Ireland by DAERA.<\/p>\n

In the consultation document on this issue, DAERA Minister Andrew Muir MLA says compulsory CCTV coverage will help \u201cprevent and deter offences\u201d. <\/p>\n

Mr Muir said: \u201cWhere it has been introduced, it is accepted that mandatory CCTV coverage can lead to improvement in practices and operating processes, a greater ability to observe animals in areas that are inaccessible, improve consumer perception of slaughterhouses and help prevent and deter offences.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/p>\n

Stephen Moutray (Photo: ABC Council)<\/p>\n

Speaking during a meeting of the council\u2019s Governance, Resources and Strategy Committee on April 9, Alderman Moutray said: \u201cMy information would lead me to believe there are about approximately 20 slaughterhouses in Northern Ireland \u2014 15 of these already have CCTV.\u201d <\/p>\n

He added that the council should support the installation of CCTV, particularly in sites where \u201cthe barbaric practice of halal\u201d takes place. <\/p>\n

\u201cI would feel that the council should be making a positive contribution here and saying that we would support CCTV in all slaughterhouses in Northern Ireland, particularly if there are any involved in the barbaric practice of halal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I would maybe ask if the officers want to take that back and bring forward a response, and then we could debate it next month at committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head of community planning, policy and research Elaine Gillespie said that, should members agree, the matter would be referred to the relevant department for a response next month<\/p>\n

Alderman Moutray\u2019s recommendation was proposed by Councillor Liam Mackle (Sinn Fein, Lurgan DEA) and seconded by Councillor Mary O\u2019Dowd (Sinn F\u00e9in, Lurgan DEA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alderman Stephen Moutray has called on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council (ABC) to recommend the installation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[23670,1499,5822,924,23668,23669,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-42039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-andrew-muir","9":"tag-armagh-city","10":"tag-banbridge-and-craigavon-borough-council","11":"tag-democratic-unionist-party","12":"tag-department-of-agriculture","13":"tag-environment-rural-affairs-daera","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114383605398626451","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}