Can you tell me about inhumane slaughter?

Question

Another one of my curiosity questions. I ask certain things to vegans just to understand. Not to offend.
I don't do things that way, especially on subjects I do not understand enough about. Unfortunately I'm sure I'll still get some rude comments from the immature.

I'm not doubting truth in that certain styles of the killing processes of animals are cruel because without a doubt, some are. I dislike that, and to the best of my abilities I avoid it. (and I'm sure that vegans avoid it all together because you can never be sure)

I am what you can call "in the agriculture business". I raise animals (cattle and goats) that are bred for their meat quality. They will be showed in multiple livestock shows and then sold to slaughter.
I've seen or have heard of the slaughter process of multiple places, and their ways seem very quick and unharmful.

But how many of you have actually seem inhumane slaughter processes and what percentage of places do you think this happens?

Answer 1

The days of sledgehammers has gone away (for the most part) and now it is a quick shot to the head with a pneumatic gun that uses air. The air is so strong that a 'air-bullet' is pushed in to the brain and death is very quick. With chickens they use a method that involved inserting a sharp point into the throat that comes out the top of the head. Again, it is quickest (and yes least expensive) way to kill humane. With other animals it is about the same. Hogs tend to have brains that are offset so it may take more than one shot. The throat is then slit and the animal 'bleeds out' quickly. This is to prevent bruising as an animal thrashes. I know this because in the 1970's I was in Ag in high school. We had to watch as the animals were processed in different ways. So this is just the most common that I am aware of.

Answer 2

I suppose horse slaughter is a indispensable evil. The worst factor that we did used to be to prohibit it within the U.S. At least we might have monitored it, and constant the matters that had to be constant. Now, all we did used to be to make those horses journey 3 instances as a ways. In Canada and Mexico they do not have the laws that we had within the U.S. Look at a few movies on how they kill them in Mexico. Horrible!. Don't get me flawed there used to be plenty to be constant within the U.S. vegetation. If they might have proposal with there heads rather of there hearts there might be plenty much less horses soreness. Horse slaughter will by no means give up all we will do is make it less difficult for the horses, which we cant do while they will Canada and Mexico. I are living down the street from a person who ships horses to Canada, there are extra semis going out of there now extra then ever. I additionally suppose that the blame is most commonly positioned at the flawed individuals. It's no longer the "killer" purchasers fault that we which means, the U.S are breeding these kinds of horses and no longer taking propper care of those we have already got. THousands of horses are being shipped every week, had been are they coming from?

Answer 3

One of the people above said that they do not think Tyson would be inhumane.
I assure you, they are inhumane. There's not much way around it, when you look at it. Most places truly are. You would have to be uncaring and cold to work there for long. I feel sorry for the ones who think they can handle working in a Tyson(or other meat factory), and they go in there and see all that.
No, I didn't see it. I didn't work there. My husband did. And he came home sick. Very, very sick. Do you know what you eat when you eat chicken?
I have heard this, and will spread it on, if there is a single food that you avoid in your lifetime, make it chicken. Chicken is not a heath food, it's a health risk. The USDA forbids any other organizations to inspect the meat. Why? More than likely the cost of preparing meat products would skyrocket. You're eating much more than you'd like.
My husband has worked in Evis., and his job was to sanitize sick chickens. Dead ones, but very sick ones. Some of their flesh was green or blue. Some of it was so infected, that very little could be salvaged, but they sold it anyway. They gave him a suction tube to stick into the animal to vaccuum out the infected organs.
Visualize this for a moment.
Now add the fact that as he did this, despite the fact that he wore a hair and beard net, an apron and boots, he still got covered with chicken insides and blood from the splattering this caused. You don't want to hear the description of the parts he took out, and you definately don't want to know what he had to leave in. Worst part for the workers is, the Tyson worker's discount only works on the sickest of these.
Think about how diseased a chicken would have to be to be green or blue, decaying (this is within hours of slaughter), or have liquified organs. You eat this without knowing, if you consume poultry.


As for inhumane treatment: While these extremely sick chickens are waiting for death, they are tossed into piles in a dark back hallway. Imagine for a moment you are one of these chickens. You have been ill for months. You've got a fever, part of your beak is missing, and you've got a broken wing. You're covered in open sores and rashes, and there are many places where you are bald and raw to the touch. You cannot move, and some of the people around you are dead - you watch some of them die. You're covered in blood, urine, feces, and vomit. It's hard to breathe, and you aren't sure that you want to. You cry and sob, so these huge, frightening creatures come over to you, scream, and hit you. You see your sister get molested by these giants, these monsters. You're angry, but there's nothing to do but cry quietly. And then they step on you. Four towering beings stomp across your little group. Why? Because they wanted to get to the other side. They can't step between you, because you are nothing to them. They kick you and crush your ribs even more. Your leg is now broken. All this.. and they still won't just kill you.

I think that's all you need on animal cruelty to make you get it... but... you know... if you're in the business, I doubt you will.

Answer 4

I think most vegitarians/vegans oppose the killing the animal. It is not a matter if the animal is killed quickly or slowly it is the matter of the animal being killed.

BTW along with organic, kosher slaughter houses are required to kill the animal quickly. Not that this would mean much to a vegitarian or vegan, but if you are looking for humanily killed animal that is an option.

Answer 5

'me' thats not necessarily true - a lot of vegetarians go back to eating meat if they find meat from animals that lived on a proper farm and were killed quickly and humanely - i personally am against both the appalling treatment and the fact that people think animals are ours to use, so their deaths - i can't give you an exact number - whoever said the thing about the air bullets - a lot of things can change in over 35 years, i've seen videos of animals still moving and shrieking after having their throats slit while someone hacks of a limb - they do it the cheapest and most efficient way, they numb their minds to the animals pain and make themselves not care - i may be too optimistic, but i do believe that under the surface people have more feelings than they show

Answer 6

i think that in america, about 60% does inhumane slaughter. the way i look at it tyson and (and some other large companies) is the big boys of the meat industry no way they are going to kill animals as painfully as possible cause that is expensive to shock them so that they die instantly.

thank god for organic farms

Answer 7

Well, when you get right down to it, there is no way to humanely kill any living creature. So that would be 100 percent that use inhumane slaughter methods.

Answer 8

I would not like to be eaten, therefore I am respectful enough to not eat others. It doesn't matter if they read it a nice book right before they kill it, they have no right to take another's life just for their taste buds.

Answer 9

Ask anyone that works at peta and gets paid to slaughter animals as inhumanly as possible and video it to raise money.

Answer 10

You should read the book The Jungle