英国鱼类屠宰场检查制度遭批"耻辱"

慈善机构Animal Equality UK指责英国缺乏对鱼类屠宰场的监管检查。1英格兰和威尔士每年约7700万条鱼在屠宰场被宰杀，1其中包括约7,742吨鳟鱼，1但这些地区对鱼类屠宰场既没有例行检查，也没有强制检查制度。1

该机构的调查发现，英国所有相关政府部门——包括动物和植物卫生局(APHA)、食品标准局(FSA)和鱼类卫生检查部门(FHI)——都声称不进行常规检查。1Animal Equality UK负责人Abigail Penny表示："鱼是会思考、有感觉的生物，有感受痛苦的能力。没有一个政府机构愿意检查它们在屠宰中的福利，这是一个耻辱。"1

对此，APHA发言人回应称鱼类养殖场受到政府部门的监管和检查，并表示他们会调查可疑的福利案例。1政府专家咨询机构曾在1996年、2014年和2024年三次建议立法规范养殖鱼的屠宰。1英国政府在2025年12月发布的《英国动物福利战略》中承诺为养殖鱼引入人道屠宰要求，1目前英国约有290个鳟鱼养殖场。1

Animal Equality UK has condemned the lack of oversight at fish slaughterhouses across England and Wales as a "disgrace," revealing that no government agency conducts routine or mandatory inspections of facilities where millions of fish are killed annually.1 The charity's investigation found that all relevant government departments—including the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), the Food Standards Authority (FSA), and the Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI)—claimed they do not perform regular inspections.1 With approximately 77 million fish slaughtered each year in the UK, and some 7,742 tonnes of trout killed annually across England and Wales from nearly 290 trout farms, the absence of welfare oversight raises significant animal welfare concerns.1

Abigail Penny from Animal Equality UK stated that "fish are sentient beings capable of feeling pain, yet no government agency is willing to inspect their welfare during slaughter—that is a disgrace."1 The government's expert advisory bodies have repeatedly recommended legislative action to regulate farmed fish slaughter, issuing such recommendations in 1996, 2014, and again in 2024.1 In response, the government committed in its Animal Welfare Strategy released in December 2025 to introduce humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish, though draft legislation has not yet been published.1 The APHA defended its current approach, stating that fish farms are regulated and inspected by government departments and that they investigate suspected welfare cases.1