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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
The stunning (which is not a blunt instrument, it is an electrical charge)process renders the beast insensible so no pain is registered by the animal.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I have visited slaughterhouses, I have seen the electrical stunning, but 'chickened' out of watching beasts being bolted(no pun intended)
The animals I saw being killed were lambs and pigs.
My husband worked in the blood pit of the slaughterhouse when he was a teenager(a damn long time ago).
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So "bolting" with a blunt instrument is part of the slaughtering process then is it not? As per the RSPCA pages.