It's disgusting how these animals are treated in these slaughterhouses. Sure, they are about to die anyway, but that's like saying that it's okay to strangle someone as they are bleeding to death. These animals know what's happening as they approach their deaths, they can hear and smell their fellow victims. Another misconception is that the animals are technically dead or unconcious before they are actually slaughtered and sliced to bits. This is often not true. Many animals survive the stunning or electrocution and deal with horrible pain as their body is sliced to bits. Gail Eisnitz describes these horrors in her book, Slaughterhouse.
Pigs hangon on a bleed rail
Another issue in the slaughterhouse is that workers are well aware of the pain they are causing the animals. As a matter of fact, they are often the person who is inducing pain. They are often rushed to keep the level of production up to scratch and therefore take their frustrations out on these suffering animals.It was a plant where squealing hogs were left straddling the restrainer and dangling live by one leg when workers left the stick pit for their half-hour lunch breaks; where stunners were shocking hogs three and four times; where inadequately stunned hogs were jumping from the shackling table into the blood pit below, smashing into metal pipes on the trip down and fracturing legs and backs; where, whether broken or not, thousands of squealing hogs were immersed in the plant’s scalding tank alive.
And the worst part is, USDA FSIS, who is responsible for upholding the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, rarely does anything. They often send out inspectors and vets to the slaughterhouses but violations are rarely reported. Instead, we find out about these violations and abuses in undercover videos or books.
Here is a link for more information: http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/slaughterhouses.html
-KW
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