AVS-3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Shechita, Captive Bolt Pistol, Exsanguination
17 Feb 2017
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The humane methods of slaughter act states that animals must be rendered insensible to pain prior to slaughter: methods include: Captive bolt gun horses, cattle, swine. Popular in the uk, but is beginning to be accepted and used in the. Maybe, maybe not: poultry are excluded from the humane methods of slaughter act. Birds are considered dumb and less sensitive than mammals. At the time that the law was passed (the 1950s), chicken was only consumed for special occasions and there were not many chickens processed in the us each year. Almost all poultry are rendered insensible to pain before they are exsanguinated in order to maintain product value. It reduces the number of involuntary muscle contractions, which can lead to bruising of the meat and breaking of the wings: meat that is prepared for religious practice is also excluded from the humans.
