Apparatus and method for assessing compliance with animal welfare on an animal for slaughter

A method for assessing compliance with animal welfare on an animal for slaughter, comprising:

• providing an image capture unit with an image capture region for optically capturing a section of a surface of the animal for slaughter and for recording pixels in the capture region, the image capture unit providing pixel data of the pixels in a transmittable form;
• providing an evaluation unit connected to the image capture unit for recording the pixel data, the evaluation unit for storing a normative model of the animal for slaughter, the normative model representing a formation of animal-related features complying with animal welfare indicators, and the evaluation unit for relating the pixel data to the normative model and identifying a deviation of the pixel data from the normative model and for providing the deviation in a transmittable form as a deviation from a standard of the animal for slaughter;
• a) capturing the pixels with the image capture unit;
• b) providing the pixel data of the pixels captured by the image capture unit in a transmittable form;
• c) recording the provided pixel data with the evaluation unit;
• d) comparing the pixel data recorded with the normative model in the evaluation unit;
• e) determining an existing deviation of the pixel data from the normative model in the evaluation unit;
• and
• f) providing the deviation as a deviation from the standard in a transmittable form with the evaluation unit.