Traditions and laws
Camel slaughter in Mauritania
Laws for ritual slaughter
Ritual slaughter of animals is also used for food production. Such slaughter is governed by various laws, most notably:
Shechita - Jewish laws of slaughtering animals
Dhabihah - Islamic law of slaughtering animals
United States
A cow restrained for captive bolt stunning.
In the United States, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) specifies the approved methods of livestock slaughter:
Chemical (carbon dioxide)
This method is approved for sheep, calves and swine. The animal is asphyxiated by the use of carbon dioxide gas.
Mechanical (captive bolt)
This method is approved for sheep, swine, goats, calves, cattle, horses, mules, and other equines. A captive bolt stunner is applied to the livestock so as to produce immediate unconsciousness in the animals before they are butchered.
Mechanical (gunshot)
This method is approved for cattle, calves, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines. The gun is used to render the animal immediately unconscious (and presumably dead) before butchering.
Electrical (stunning or slaughtering with electric current)
This method is approved for swine, sheep, calves, cattle, and goats. The current applied is sufficient to ensure surgical anesthesia throughout the "bleeding" of the animal.
Each of these methods is outlined in detail, and the regulations require that inspectors identify operations which cause undue "excitement and discomfort" of animals.
Operation
Slaughterhouse
Ike jime, a Japanese method of slaughtering fish
Pig slaughter
Horse slaughter
References
^ "Humane Slaughter of Livestock Regulations (National Citation: 9 C.F.R. 313.1 - 90)". Animal Legal and Historical Center (regulations from USDA). 2007. http://www.animallaw.info/administrative/adus9cfr313.htm.
See also
Animal euthanasia
Cattle slaughter
Humane Slaughter Act
Ritual slaughter, Animal sacrifice
Pig scalder
Pig slaughter
Poultry slaughter
Rendering (food processing)
Sheep slaughter
External links
Canada Agricultural Products Act R.S., 1985, c. 20 (4th Supp.)
Humane Slaughter of Livestock Regulations
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