The Poor State Of A Cattle Slaughter Yard

Pull of cow blood on the floor of the slaughter yard.

Pull of cow blood on the floor of the slaughter yard.

By Emmanuel Osodi

The poor state of slaughter slabs, meat processing, ineffective meat inspection services and the resultant risk of consuming unwholesome meat have been issues of public health and global environmental concerns.

At most slaughter slabs in Nigeria, slaughtering of cows is generally carried out on the floor and sometimes off the slab by individual butchers, whose knowledge of hygiene is questionable.

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) over 2.5 billion people are at risk of many diseases such as dysentery,cholera, typhoid, schistosomiasis, trachoma and intestinal worms because they don’t have access to safe, better treated meat and meat products.

Pictures below show how cows are being slaughtered at local slaughter slab at the Kara Cow market near Ojodu berger area of Lagos State,  in Isheri Olofin, Ogun State.

Butchers trying to drag down a cow for slaughter.
Butchers trying to drag down a cow for slaughter.
Pull of cow blood on the floor of the slaughter yard.
Pull of cow blood on the floor of the slaughter yard.
Inside the slaughter yard
Inside the slaughter yard
A cow in coma is wheeled in a wooden cart to the  slaughter slab
A cow in coma is wheeled in a wooden cart to the
slaughter slab
Butcher at work
Butcher at work
Butchers dragging a sick cow to the slaughter yard for slaughtering
Butchers dragging a sick cow to the slaughter yard for slaughtering
Young slaughters getting set to slaughter a cow
Young slaughters getting set to slaughter a cow
A young butcher carrying a burnt goat to the slaughter room
A young butcher carrying a burnt goat to the slaughter room
A motorcyclist conveying a wrapped cow meat to the market for consumption
A motorcyclist conveying a wrapped cow meat to the market for consumption

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