Impact of Social Buffering and Restraint on Welfare Indicators during UK Commercial Horse Slaughter
Current legislation in the United Kingdom stipulates that horses should not be slaughtered within sight of one another.However, abattoir personnel anecdotally report that, for semi-feral horses unused to restraint, co-slaughtering alongside a conspecific could reduce distress through social buffering and improve Pentair EQ Series Parts safety, but