Kill Floor Hogs

To get a sense of what conditions are like on the killing floor where 32 000 hogs are slaughtered each day.

Kill floor hogs.

Preslaughter handling stunning and slaughtering. Calf slaughter the killing of baby cows. They can t see anything. For the next half hour or so maddy poured over the kill floor snapping photos of everything only pausing when the slaughterman brought a new pig onto the floor to kill.

A slaughterhouse also called abattoir ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr is a facility where animals are slaughtered most often though not always to provide food for humans slaughterhouses supply meat which then becomes the responsibility of a packaging facility. The process was described to me before i walked onto the kill floor. There s nothing to hear. During 2015 animal liberation victoria and animal liberation carried out an undercover investigation inside three pig slaughterhouses in victoria australia.

Even though it sounds insane the killing of calves is essential for the production of dairy and meat. Department of natural resources. Rather than turn away for the killing since she couldn t photograph it she watched intently as the slaughterman placed the captive bolt gun against the pig s forehead and activated it. Viewer discretion is advised i do not own this video.

This is how many pig farms kill unwanted baby pigs. In denmark the handling of pigs at the slaughterhouse is optimised with respect for the animal. Preslaughter handling is a major concern to the livestock industry especially the pork industry. Meat processing meat processing livestock slaughter procedures.

The slaughter of livestock involves three distinct stages. All rights belong to food inc. Jim wood the owner of palmetto creek farms gave me the rundown. The footage may shock you but people should be aware what they pay for when they buy meat.

This video summarizes their findings and shows how the process looks from the inside. In south carolina hunters kill about 30 000 wild hogs annually but more than 150 000 feral pigs still live in the palmetto state according to the s c. Slaughterhouses that produce meat that is not intended to be eaten by humans are sometimes referred to as knacker s yards or. Going to work on the kill floor was like walking into the pit of hell.

In the united states the humane treatment of animals during each of these stages is required by the humane slaughter act. I don t think they have any idea what s going on i was handed a long lab coat and.