Photographer Exposes Animal Abuse and Suffering Worldwide

Photographer Exposes Animal Abuse and Suffering Worldwide

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Photographer Jo-Anne McArthur has spent the last two decades photographing animals enduring pain while being used for food, entertainment, fashion, experimentation, work, or religious ceremonies.

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In some small Asian slaughterhouses, clubbing is used to stun pigs. This often fails to render the animals fully unconscious before their throats are slit, Thailand © Jo-Anne McArthur

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In this slaughterhouse, cows are immobilized by having a blade thrust into their spinal cord, a process known as pithing, Mexico © Aitor Garmendia

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After a street show in Jakarta, a crab-eating macaque receives payment from the audience, Indonesia © Joan de la Malla

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When McArthur was starting, no one wanted these animal stories.

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Who’s next? At this dog slaughterhouse, a butcher chooses the dog he will beat to death with an iron bar while the other dogs look on, China © Jose Valle – Animal Equality

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A cage of dogs watch as others are killed and dismembered before being cooked, Cambodia © Aaron Gekoski

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