This shocking undercover video of cow slaughter was captured in Mexico by Tras Los Muros in their documentary Matadero. Although filmed in Mexico, modern slaughterhouses work similarly in all countries.

Nov 19, 2024 · There are three ways that cattle are slaughtered: Commercial, Do-It-Yourself at Home Butchering, and Religious slaughter.

Worldwide, the number of cows slaughtered annually has steadily increased since the 1960s, according to data from the United Nations. In 2018, more than 300 million cows were slaughtered globally. This amounts to approximately 822,000 cows being killed daily in …

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In 2020, more than 73 billion (73,162,794,213) cows, chickens, pigs, and sheep were slaughtered around the world. When broken down by animal, China is responsible for the greatest number of cows, pigs, sheep, and fish slaughtered, and the United States is responsible for the greatest number of chickens killed for food.

The slaughter of livestock involves three distinct stages: preslaughter handling, stunning, and slaughtering. In the United States the humane treatment of animals during each of these stages is required by the Humane Slaughter Act.

Apr 17, 2013 · The cows die quickly and experts say the stunning prevents them from feeling pain. Technically, humane slaughter became law in the United States with the 1958 Humane Slaughter Act, intended to prevent the “needless suffering” of livestock during slaughter. Compliance, though, historically has been hit-or-miss, and in the intervening decades ...

Jun 11, 2024 · Slaughterhouse workers often use electric prods on cattle to herd them onto the killing floor. In 2023, Animal Justice released video footage showing employees at a Canadian slaughterhouse cramming cows into a narrow hallway and continuing to prod them even after they had no space to move.

Jun 15, 2023 · How are cows slaughtered? Learn how to slaughter and process beef on your family farm to know you are eating meat from a healthy cow that was well cared for, grass-fed, and not injected with growth hormones.

FRONTLINE asked Bill Haw, CEO of one of the country's biggest cattle feedlot operations, and journalists Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser to describe what it's like -- for the cows and the...