Sadly, as you may have gathered from the title and the photo, nothing has changed at Raystede.  I signed this petition seven years ago, and still nothing has changed.  Still they proudly declare that their sausages are free range; still they unashamedly explain that they sell them to help the animals in their care; still they conveniently forget the horror that awaits these "high welfare" farmed animals at the slaughterhouse, which is, incidentally, not a free-range facility.  

So there's nothing more I can say at the moment, other than to ask that you don't give up on this, that you keep writing to and phoning Raystede (info@raystede.org Tel: 01825 840252), that you keep telling other people about what they're doing, and that you keep sharing this petition.  Bear in mind though, please, that many of the Raystede staff agree with us.  Don't blame them for this.  It's all down to the trustees.

Thank you so much for your support as always. I'll leave you with this:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-a-certificate-of-competence-or-licence-to-slaughter-or-kill-animals 

Slaughter inside an FSA-approved slaughterhouse

You need a Certificate of Competence (CoC) or a temporary Certificate of Competence from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to do any of the following in an FSA-approved slaughterhouse:

• handle animals before they’re restrained
• restrain animals for stunning or killing
• stun animals
• kill an animal with a free bullet for human consumption
• check stunning has worked
• shackle or hoisting live animals
• bleed live animals
• slaughter in accordance with religious rites without stunning
• pith a stunned animal
• check pithing has worked

Age limits

You can get a temporary or full CoC for a limited range of operations if you’re 16 or 17 years old which are:

• handling of animals before restraint
• shackle live poultry