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CATTLE AND HORSE MEAT SLAUGHTERING PROCESS

First the animal is packed into a crowded trailer with possibly little food or water. Once it reaches the slaughterhouse it may then be pushed and shoved with an electric cattle prod down a narrow chute until it reaches a tight holding pen to await the final death blow. The animals screams are horrific at this point because they may sense the impending doom.

Each animal is shot in the head with a spike through the skull. If this instantly and always killed or, at least, adequately knocked unconscious each and every animal, it would be considered by most critics to be a humane process, however, too many times the blow simply knocks the animal down! Regardless, the slaughter process must go on! The slaughterhouse worker then wraps a chain around the animals leg as it is hoisted upside down to be gutted no matter if it is dead or ALIVE! The animals throat is cut so it starts to bleed to death, its legs are cut off with giant scissors and when it is still alive during this process, the primal death screams are horrific that fill the slaughterhouse chambers as it is being gutted for its meat and body parts!

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: ANIMAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE JULY 2000

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