(December 20, 2012 at 2:45 am)Forsaken Wrote: In slaughterhouses (well most of them), the process is quick and instant. Separate the head from the body before the animal can feel much.
In fact this is necessary. Heightened levels of pain increase the levels of adrenaline, which ruins the flavor, texture, and aging of the meat. A suffering animal is an animal that will not be very marketable.