Meat

• Prize
  Bronze in Editorial/Photo Essay
• Photographer
  Steff Gruber
• Technical Info
  Nikon Z9, 28 Mm, Iso 10000, 1/160 Sec
• Photo Date
  2022

The closely guarded and secret slaughterhouse for pigs is located in the middle of a residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Because of the lack of modern equipment, the animals here are still traditionally killed in a gruesome manner. Although international organisations in recent years have repeatedly called for a reform of Cambodia’s virtually non-existent animal welfare laws, slaughtering conditions have remained unchanged. Livestock production is being driven by a rapidly increasing demand for meat in Cambodia and attractive prospects of profit for employers.