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It has been years since I knew the answer to this, but at that time chikens were electrocuted. To do that, they had a large metal mesh floored cage, for which the top was so low that the chickens standing on the floor were so tall, that their heads contacted the "ceiling" grid. Then a very high voltage was connected between the two grids, which instantly killed the chickens, or so I was told. That was long ago, and maybe technology in the chicken slaughter industry has found another, better way. Knowning big business, I suspect that whatever method being used is the cheapest in cost, regardless of whether it's more humane or not. As for cattle, the last I knew of the killing method was the use of a pistol which used a blank cartridge, and shot a kind of "bolt" against the forehead of the animal, stunning it [sort of, or partially knocking it out] at which time it was hung from a hook by a rear leg, and then it was "finished off" by cutting the juglar veins, allowing the animal to quickly bleed to death. I was never in a hog slaughter house, but country friends killed their hogs for slaughter by shooting them in the forehead with a large caliber pistol. First, they are put through a sort of burning tank to singe the hair off(sometimes when they are still conscious!) Then they slit the animals throat by sawing through the animals throat like its some kind of tree. Finally, the animals are hung by a leg to be drained of their blood. Sadly, through every one of these processes, the animals may be fully conscious.

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