(NL Times) Dutch authorities have intervened at several illegal slaughterhouses across the Netherlands in recent days, seizing sheep carcasses and rescuing live animals amid heightened enforcement during Offerfeest (Eid al-Adha), the Islamic holiday during which many animals are reportedly ritually slaughtered, AD reported.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the police conducted multiple raids, including a major intervention Friday at an illegal slaughter site on a farm in Noord-Limburg. NVWA inspectors found four sheep carcasses and large quantities of slaughter waste.
Eight live sheep were also discovered and transferred to the animal welfare organization Comité Dierennoodhulp, which is working to find shelter for the animals. The committee has formal agreements with the NVWA to provide emergency care for rescued animals.
