Ventilation shutdown plus (VSD+) is an incredibly inhumane method of killing lots of animals at once by shutting off the air supply and driving up temperatures, causing organ failure and suffocation.
Animal Justice has filed a complaint with the CFIA after hundreds of ostriches were shot en masse at Universal Ostrich Farms.
The number of cattle slaughtered at Irish factories this year has fallen by over 160,000 head, according to DAFM.