Illegal slaughtering?

Sheep farmer: “I don’t care what happens to animals!”

The slaughtering of sheep is prescribed in Islam or Judaism, but is only permitted here under veterinary supervision and with stunning.

(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

Serious accusations have been made against a Carinthian sheep farmer - again! The man allegedly ignores regulations and laws and bleeds his lambs to death for Muslim customers without stunning them. "I just sell the animals," says the farmer. "I don't care what happens to them."

An entire family from the district of Klagenfurt-Land is on trial at Klagenfurt Regional Court: father, mother and son. The 44-year-old father is facing a whole list of charges - ranging from cruelty to animals and fraud to violations of the Food Safety Act. His wife and son are sitting next to him because they were - to put it mildly and politely - not friendly or cooperative during a veterinary inspection.