Cruelty in the Cotswolds: Shocking Footage from Bibury Trout Farm

That little
girl knew
it was wrong.
This woman
does too.
This man
also felt
the need
to turn away.
Deep down,
we all know it's
not okay.
If you saw
an animal
being beaten
to death, what
would you do?
I'm in a library
in the heart
of the Cotswolds.
It's a beautiful
area of the UK.
And yet there is
unimaginable
suffering
taking place
here on this
site.
Animals are quite
literally
battered to death
here.
Farmed
trout are caught
and then beaten
to death
by untrained
members
of the public.
And because
the UK laws
are so severely
lacking
for farmed fish,
technically
it's legally
permissible
for them
to take these
animals lives.
I watched
as trout
were hit over
and over again.
Some regained
consciousness
and jumped
for freedom,
but to no avail.
Many animals
were left to
suffocate
for minutes
out of water.
One trout was
still alive
while they were
placed in a bag.
They thrashed
around in pain,
fighting
for their life.
Another was
placed
in a bucket
while
still conscious.
This trout
was gasping
for breath
for over 20
minutes.
Disturbingly,
I even observed
children
committing
the killing.
Is this really
the world
we want to create
for future
generations?
Is killing
animals a lesson
we want to be
teaching them?
I saw families
slaughter the
animals and
take the bodies
with them
in bags, but
I investigated
further
to find out
what happens to
the farmed trout
who are killed
by workers.
We submitted
a formal
complaint to
the authorities,
but this isn't
the first time
animal equality
has exposed trout
and other
farmed fish
suffering
painful deaths.
We've
uncovered
fish suffocating
to death
on boats,
being thrown
to the ground
and caught
while conscious
in an on land
abattoir
and entering stun
kill machinery
backwards.
Up to 77 million
fish are farmed
and slaughtered
across the UK
every single
year,
primarily
Atlantic salmon
and rainbow
trout.
That's around 1.5
million fish
that are dying
for human
consumption
every single
week.
Despite the scale
of suffering,
there are
no species
specific
laws in place
to protect
farmed fish
at the time of
killing.
That leaves
many at major
risk of slowly
suffocating
to death,
being bludgeoned
to death,
or being caught
while
fully conscious.
If you're
rightly sickened
by what's
going on here
in Barbary,
you must
ask yourself
if you wouldn't
personally pay
to kill
an animal.
Why pay for
somebody else
to do it for you?
With so many
plant based
alternatives
available
in supermarkets
nowadays,
there's
no reason to
farm or slaughter
an animal.
And while
collectively we
fight in defense
of farmed
animals,
we must not
forget those
who are still
trapped
in the system.
Join animal
equality
by signing
our petition
and calling
for species
specific
slaughter
legislation to be
put in place
for farmed fish.