Uruguay | Sauce | Slaughterhouse Sarel | Horsemeat Import
Abnormal posture indicating pain.
Paddock with little grass and no shelter.
Horse with swollen carpal joint, standing on three legs.
Thin horses with ribs and hip bones clearly visible.
At 11:45, we arrive at the slaughterhouse Sarel. There are horses in the paddocks
next to the main road. In contrary to our last visit, no straw is available for them as a supplement to the little grass growing in the pens. We observe that horses are searching the floor for something to eat. There is little shade from trees, but most of the horses do not have shade.
Several horses are thin with their ribs and hip bones clearly visible, or even emaciated. We detect a white horse that is emaciated and standing with an abnormal posture which indicates pain. The horse is reluctant to move and walks very slowly.
He might suffer from equine laminitis. Another horse has a severely swollen carpal joint and does not bear any weight on the hurting leg. He does not move from the spot. It is important to note that painkillers like Phenylbutazone cannot be administered to the horses before slaughter if their meat is intended for human consumption.
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