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Illegal Slaughter of goats by an asian grocer in Sheffield

G.Johnson | 20.12.2012 15:24 | Animal Liberation | London | Sheffield


Illegal: Saheed Matlub, 38, fined �1,000.


Published on Saturday 15 December 2012 08:01

A GREENGROCER used the backyard of his Sheffield shop as an illegal makeshift slaughterhouse – killing a goat he bought from a farmer.

Council inspectors swooped on Khawaja and Sons on Page Hall Road and discovered a goat’s carcass in the outside yard, strung up above a drain.

The court was told there was a ‘warm, steaming’ carcass hanging over a hole, where a manhole had been removed so blood flowed into the drain.

A search of the store revealed a skinned goat’s head – banned by the EU from human consumption – ready for sale in the chiller and another in the freezer.

Inspectors rescued nine live goats found in an outbuilding, which have been rehomed at an animal sanctuary.

G.Johnson