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Re:The fight over transparency in the meat industry by kbart on Friday October 07, 2016 @02:00AM (#12658513)
"The way you slaughter a pig is <...> shoot them in the forehead. This gives them a concussion and drops them, but does not kill them."

I'm not a farmer (though your lifestyle is a dream of mine), but couldn't you just use bigger caliber? I'm sure .45 would do the trick. Shooting and killing a pig instantly in one blow is one thing, but putting a knife through a still living creature.. that would be too much for me.

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Re:The fight over transparency in the meat industry by tjic on Friday October 07, 2016 @06:03AM (#12659403)
You don't want the pig to die instantly; you want it unconscious and unable to feel pain... but you want the heart still alive. The heart pumps blood which exsanguinates the animal after you slice it's aorta.

This allows you to collect the blood for some other use, and removes it from the veins and arteries in the muscle tissue.

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Re:The fight over transparency in the meat industry by kbart on Friday October 07, 2016 @07:44AM (#12659852)
Doesn't hanging a carcass with open veins drain enough blood?
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Re:The fight over transparency in the meat industry by tjic on Friday October 07, 2016 @09:49AM (#12660616)
No.
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