• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    Yeah, I think decapitation is fine. I think this guy just cut their carotid, and hung them up to die.

    Not a great way to go, honestly.

    I’m familiar with some butchering methods, but I’m no butcher. I think that the most common practices in large butcher shops involve either decapitation, or a way of instantly killing the animal. Pretty sure they use a type of bolt “gun” for bovines that basically crushes their skull.

    It seems like it is brutal, but their death is so instant, it is considered to be humane.

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      12 hours ago

      Chickens are often slaughtered by cutting their necks in a same way but using a machine. They go through an electric shock bath right before cutting their necks. Some chickens survive the shock and flail, getting their necks half-cut by the machine before entering a hot bath.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        6 hours ago

        I certainly didn’t mean to imply any methods are perfect or without the opportunity to go wrong.

        Hopefully nobody got that idea from what I said.

        I’ll reiterate: I’m not a butcher, so my knowledge is limited. I do, however, still eat meat despite all that I know about it.