Forbi Wrote:Usually they are killed in view of other animals, and can smell the blood and fear. Basically, the fact that they don't wilfully stroll into the slaughterhouse of their own accord (and need to be forced in/beaten with a stick) precludes your idea of the "perfect" kill with no suffering.
My father raises beef cattle. So I grew up working with the dumb brutes.
You have to force a cow to go through a cattle chute so they can get shots that will stave off disease and parasites too. Once they get the shots they are immediately released back into the pasture.
I've spent many a day beating on a cow's rear end with a stick so they can get the medicine they need to improve their health and well-being.
I've also worked in meat processing centers where cattle are slaughtered, gutted, skinned, hung, sliced up to order, and packaged.
Still eating meat!
Actually my father has a heifer processed for my family every year. About 400 lbs of free, delicious beef. And the next one is coming next month! Whoop!
