CCTV monitoring in slaughterhouses improves welfare compliance by creating accountability for handling and stunning practices, with evidence from mandatory CCTV programs showing sustained welfare improvements.
CCTV monitoring addresses a fundamental welfare governance problem — the absence of oversight at the point where welfare is most critical and most difficult to monitor. The welfare improvements documented after mandatory implementation confirm that handling practices in slaughterhouses are responsive to accountability pressure. The footage creates evidentiary records that enable retrospective investigation of welfare incidents and ongoing behavioral change from the knowledge of monitoring. Independent access to footage by welfare organizations further strengthens accountability.