Humane Treatment of Animals

Humane Slaughtering of Animals

To the Editor of The Hospital and Health Review. Sir,?There are few questions at present before the public which can compare in importance with that of slaughterhouse reform. There is the cruelty of killing animals by old-fashioned and inefficient methods, there is the insanitary condition of the slaughterhouse and consequent contamination of the meat, there is thewholesale poisoning of the mea...

Humane Transport and Slaughter of Farm Animals

Slaughterhouses and humane treatment.

Man has the moral obligation to respect all animals and also to safeguard animals which are destined for slaughter from unnecessary suffering. Each country should establish regulations to secure humane conditions of slaughter for the various animal species. Unloading, lairaging, moving, stunning and bleeding of animals are all important for animal welfare; training and sensitivity of personnel ...

Humane killing of animals for disease control purposes.

Killing for disease control purposes is an emotional issue for everyone concerned. Large-scale euthanasia or depopulation of animals may be necessary for the emergency control or eradication of animal diseases, to remove animals from a compromised situation (e.g. following flood, storm, fire, drought or a feed contamination event), to effect welfare depopulation when there is an oversupply due ...

Humane killing of nonhuman animals for disease control purposes.

Reports and guidelines produced by international institutions such as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE, 2005) describe various methods of killing nonhuman animals. Selection and implementation of a killing method may involve several factors. Preventing or minimizing risk to human health and safety may override animal welfare concerns if the disease has the potential to cause high m...