I think they mean the guy slit the birds neck and then let it drain, instead of fully beheading it.
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cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 1 week agothats crazy, i had no idea that would be considered animal cruelty. i grew up on a farm and have only ever seen the head chopped off but out of curioity, how is severing the spinal cord with an axe more inhumane than twisting the neck? logically speaking, the blood draining out has no effect on cognition, and what if theneck doesnt snap the first time?
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Yeah, I think decapitation is fine. I think this guy just cut their carotid, and hung them up to die.
Not a great way to go, honestly.
I’m familiar with some butchering methods, but I’m no butcher. I think that the most common practices in large butcher shops involve either decapitation, or a way of instantly killing the animal. Pretty sure they use a type of bolt “gun” for bovines that basically crushes their skull.
It seems like it is brutal, but their death is so instant, it is considered to be humane.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Chickens are often slaughtered by cutting their necks in a same way but using a machine. They go through an electric shock bath right before cutting their necks. Some chickens survive the shock and flail, getting their necks half-cut by the machine before entering a hot bath.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I certainly didn’t mean to imply any methods are perfect or without the opportunity to go wrong.
Hopefully nobody got that idea from what I said.
I’ll reiterate: I’m not a butcher, so my knowledge is limited. I do, however, still eat meat despite all that I know about it.
KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Honestly decapitation is more humane than a broken neck. The drop in BP is enough to cause immediate lights out, where as someone with a broken neck could very well have to suffocate to death inside their own bodies.
The blood pressure drop has a huge effect on cognition.