04-07-2007, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MaDalton
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The video shows fallen cows being trampled and dragged, others are tortured with electric prods. One cow has fallen and workers stick an electric prod on its head, then place the prod down its mouth. Still other cows are hung on chains, fully conscious, blinking and kicking. The worker who shot the tape said one cow was already at a station where legs are removed. ?It would be horrible if someone were to cut off your leg without anesthesia.??
According to Steve Cockerham, a USDA inspector at Nebraska slaughterhouses, and former USDA veterinarian Lester Friedlander, some U.S. slaughterhouses routinely skin live cattle, immerse squealing pigs in scalding water, and abuse still-conscious animals in other ways to keep production lines moving quickly.
Cockerham said that he often saw plant workers cut the feet, ears, and udders off cattle that were conscious on the production line after stun guns failed to work properly. "They were still blinking and moving. It's a sickening thing to see," he said.
It takes 25 minutes to turn a live steer into steak at the modern slaughterhouse where Ramon Moreno works. For 20 years, his post was ?second-legger,? a job that entails cutting hocks off carcasses as they whirl past at a rate of 309 an hour. The cattle were supposed to be dead before they got to Moreno. But too often they weren?t.
?They blink. They make noises,? he said softly. ?The head moves, the eyes are wide and looking around.?
Still Moreno would cut. On bad days, he says, dozens of animals reached his station clearly alive and conscious. Some would survive as far as the tail cutter, the belly ripper, the hide puller.
?They die,? said Moreno, ?piece by piece.?
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Common mammal stunning methods:
Captive bolt stunning ? A ?pistol? is set against the animal?s head and a metal rod is thrust into the brain.Shooting a struggling animal is difficult, and the rod often misses its mark.16
Electric stunning ? Current produces a grand mal seizure; then the throat is cut. According to industry consultant Temple Grandin, PhD, ?Insufficient amperage can cause an animal to be paralyzed without losing sensibility.?17
Ritual slaughter ? Animals are fully conscious when their carotid arteries are cut. This is supposed to cause unconsciousness within seconds, but because of blood flow through the vertebral arteries in the back of the neck, some animals can remain conscious as they bleed for up to a minute.18 Additionally, Temple Grandin, PhD notes ?Unfortunately, there are some plants which use cruel methods of restraint such as hanging live animals upside down.?19 This can cause broken bones as the heavy animal hangs by a chain attached to one leg.
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