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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 people who butcher them -- inside the slaughterhouse. ... But I have reconstructed what happens on the other side of the blue door.
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/slaughter/s...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/slaughter/slaughterhouse.html
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It has never been easy to think about what happens behind the closed doors of a slaughterhouse. The American public buys animal flesh wrapped in plastic packages that bear little or no resemblance to the sentient creatures that are killed for the dinner table.
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www.hfa.org/hot_topic/slaughterhouse.html
www.hfa.org/hot_topic/slaughterhouse.html
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This 22 minute documentary follows the ten workers of Broerman Poultry Processing, revealing their surprisingly close relationships, despite the gruesome nature of their job. ... The colorful interviews and raw supporting footage give new perspectives on family values, hard work, and what happens inside a slaughterhouse.
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www.folkstreams.net/film,144
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DeKalb, Ill., 60 miles west of Chicago, was home to the only plant in the nation that slaughtered horses for human consumption. ... But Illinois lawmakers banned the practice earlier this year, and after an extended legal battle, the slaughterhouse has been forced to shut down.
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www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15337093
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United States Department of Agriculture; Food Safety and Inspection Service; Office of Policy and Program Development; Washington, DC 20250-3700 ... Cattle Receiving & Holding ... Head & Shank Removal...
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www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/02-006N/P1Accuff/ts...
www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FRPubs/02-006N/P1Accuff/tsld010.htm
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If people thought about or saw what really happens to animals in slaughterhouses for more than a second, it would get to them and they would not be able to bring themselves to still be a carnivore. Those animals endure some of the cruelest treatment ... A slaughterhouse in Texas had 22 violations during a period of 6 months.
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www.all-creatures.org/articles/ar-aninsidelook.html
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It takes 25 minutes to turn a live steer into steak at the modern slaughterhouse where Ramon Moreno works. ... "In plants all over the United States, this happens on a daily basis," said Lester Friedlander, a veterinarian and formerly chief government inspector at a Pennsylvania hamburger plant. "I've seen it happen.
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www.all-creatures.org/aip/nl-7may2001-slaughter.html
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Cows that are injured or become sick during transport to the stockyards or slaughterhouse often become unable to stand. They are referred to as "downers."; They are often pushed around with bulldozers into piles and are left to die...
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www.tamucc.edu/~sencerz/anim-cows.htm
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Slaughterhouse by Gail A Eisnitz; ... If that happens, ... the skinner shoves a knife into the back of its head to cut the spinal cord." (This paralyzes the animal, but doesn't stop the pain of being skinned alive.) And still another, on calf slaughter: "To get done with them faster, we'd put eight or nine of them in...
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www.britishmeat.com/slaught.html
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