Kill Floor Hogs

This is how many pig farms kill unwanted baby pigs.

Kill floor hogs.

The kill floor scene with english cap. During 2015 animal liberation victoria and animal liberation carried out an undercover investigation inside three pig slaughterhouses in victoria australia. Try to follow the route from the truck to the stunning. 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.

This video summarizes their findings and shows how the process looks from the inside. Viewer discretion is advised i do not own this video. To get a sense of what conditions are like on the killing floor where 32 000 hogs are slaughtered each day. Carbon dioxide gas chambers are considered to be the most humane method to kill pigs.

All rights belong to food inc. They can t see anything. The footage may shock you but people should be aware what they pay for when they buy meat. Department of natural resources.

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. Preslaughter handling is a major concern to the livestock industry especially the pork industry. There s nothing to hear. 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.

I don t think they have any idea what s going on i was handed a long lab coat and. Going to work on the kill floor was like walking into the pit of hell. Meat processing meat processing livestock slaughter procedures. The slaughter of livestock involves three distinct stages.

Jim wood the owner of palmetto creek farms gave me the rundown. 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. Even though it sounds insane the killing of calves is essential for the production of dairy and meat. In the united states the humane treatment of animals during each of these stages is required by the humane slaughter act.

The process was described to me before i walked onto the kill floor. Calf slaughter the killing of baby cows.