Slaughter of impounded goats barbaric

WE condemn in the strongest possible terms the cruel and inhumane slaughter of livestock that occurred in Chegutu on October 19 2022 at the hands of personnel from the Department of Veterinary Services under the guise of enforcing laws on animal movement.

Whilst we are fully supportive of the need to enforce the Provisions of Animal Health (Movement of Animals) Regulations 1984 to protect the nation from disease outbreaks such as foot and mouth, we cannot accept the barbaric manner in which 81 goats were slaughtered in what appears to have been a cruel and dramatised event for the purposes of creating social media content.

The disturbing and graphic images captured on the video will no doubt be inadvertently viewed by children as well as persons of a sensitive disposition and could have lasting detrimental effects.

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