Because those people who are working at such slaughter houses have no regard for an animal's ability to feel pain. They pay no attention to the animal's well being and think it best to beat the animal to "tenderize the flesh" prior to slaughter. It's undoubtedly very cruel compared with how animals are treated in North American slaughter houses.
With the expansion of rail lines the need to drive cattle long distances became unecessary. Cattle owners could load their cattle from the nearest town which was usually a same-day trip. This was a great benefit for the owners moneterily speaking. On long drives the cattle would loose considerably weight, reducing the profit since cattle were sold per pound.
Horses in slaughterhouses do not have names anymore.
Cattle processing involves the slaughtering, butchering, and packaging of cattle for human consumption. It is a necessary step to prepare beef products for sale in the market. It typically takes place in specialized facilities known as slaughterhouses or meat processing plants.
Not having to ship them long distances reduced the stress, weight loss, and injury to the animals that was the inevitable effect of long journeys in crowded cattle cars and trucks
slaughterhouses put the animals to a large tub with drains they slice there neck to empty the blood out
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Other cattlemen or butchers. There are no Cattle Farmers, they are called Cattle Ranchers, Farmers work the land for planting crops. Cattle are sold two ways, at a sale barn or by ranch sale. The sale barn have sales on weekly sales open to the public, ranch sales are held a ranch usually once a year and mostly by invitation, these cattle usually are registered breeds. Cattle sold at a sale barn may make several trips across the country before they make it to the meat market.
In the United States, around ten Long_and_short_scalesanimals are slaughtered every year in 5,700 slaughterhouses and processing plants employing 527,000 workers;Answers.comin 2007, 28.1 billion pounds of beef were consumed in the U.S. alone.Answers.comIn Canada, 650 million are killed annually.Answers.comIn the European Union, the annual figure is 300 million cattle, sheep, and pigs, and four billion chickens.Answers.com
The main type of cattle in Sulawesi is the Indonesian Ongole, also known as the Sumba Ongole. This breed is well-adapted to the tropical climate, with a high heat tolerance and resistance to diseases common in the region. They are primarily used for meat production and farming activities in Sulawesi.
The Spanish cattlemen (vaqueros) introduced cattle ranching and longhorns to the American Southwest (including Texas) during the 17th century. The 800-mile long Chisolm Trail was the major artery of cattle commerce through The Frontier States, leading from south Texas to the slaughterhouses in Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis.
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