All areas where animals are unloaded, kept, handled and killed must soon have CCTV cameras.

All slaughterhouses in Wales will soon be required to fit CCTV cameras after regulations were approved by the Senedd.

It will become mandatory for CCTV to be installed in all slaughterhouse areas where live animals are unloaded, kept, handled, stunned, and killed.

The regulations come into force on 1 June, followed by a six-month period before they are enforced on 1 December, the Welsh government said.

The RSPCA said it was “delighted” by the decision, saying it would “help safeguard animal welfare”.

CCTV has been compulsory in every abattoir in England, external in all areas where live animals are present since May 2018.