Makeshift slaughterhouse in a residential garage points to growing concerns about illicit meat sales Lack of inspection, unsanitary conditions raise risk of food-borne illness, says expert

(CBC) Inside a garage in an established Edmonton neighbourhood, animals were being slaughtered and the meat was advertised for sale to consumers, a CBC News investigation has learned.

Police entered the rented garage in the quiet residential Woodcroft community in February 2023. Images shared with CBC News show piles of goat carcasses, tubs of blood and the remains of a skinned baby goat on a makeshift slaughter table.

Neighbour John Bos told CBC News that the sounds of bleating goats first alerted him to unusual activity in the garage.

He contacted the owner of the property when he saw goats being unloaded from a truck. Bos said he was surprised by the way the goats were handled.

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