The disturbing link between slaughterhouse workers and PTSD

As animal rights activists it’s easy to demonise slaughterhouse workers, the cogs in the machinery of death. We ask ourselves what drives a person to choose to kill sentient beings for hours each day, a constant barrage of the most horrendous sights, sounds and smells. We round up the research and articles that try to get to the bottom of slaughterhouse work and its effect on mental health.