Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio

In Slovakia, it is common to eat fried carp, potato salad or Christmas cabbage soup during Christmas dinner. However, the sale of live carp has long been in place in Slovakia. Such sales are very popular during Christmas and every year hundreds of thousands of carp in Slovakia experience a real hell. Their journey to the traditional Christmas Eve table is preceded by weeks of fear and painful treatment. Organisation Humánny pokrok draws attention to such business. And what does it look like in the live carp store? Find out in today's show.