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  2. Shechita - Wikipedia

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    The animal must be of a permitted species. For mammals, this is restricted to ruminants which have split hooves. [2] For birds, although biblically any species of bird not specifically excluded in Deuteronomy 14:12–18 would be permitted, [3] doubts as to the identity and scope of the species on the biblical list led to rabbinical law permitting only birds with a tradition of being permissible.

  3. Sheep shearing - Wikipedia

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    Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer . Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (depending upon dialect, a sheep may be said to have been "shorn", "sheared" or "shore" [in Australia]).

  4. Humane Slaughter Act - Wikipedia

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    The Humane Slaughter Act, or the Humane Methods of Livestock Slaughter Act (P.L. 85-765; 7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), is a United States federal law designed to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter.

  5. Ritual slaughter - Wikipedia

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    the butcher must follow an Abrahamic religion (ie. to be Muslim, Christian, or Jew); the name of God should be called while slaughtering each halal animal separately; the killing should consist of complete drainage of blood from the whole body by a swift, deep incision with a very sharp knife on the throat, cutting the wind pipe , jugular veins ...

  6. Legal aspects of ritual slaughter - Wikipedia

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    It is true that the consumption of imported meat makes such renunciation [of meat-eating] dispensable; however, due to the fact that in this case, personal contact with the butcher and the confidence that goes with such contact do not exist, the consumption of imported meat is fraught with the insecurity whether the meat really complies with ...

  7. Sheep shearer - Wikipedia

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    The shearer collects a sheep from a catching pen, positions it on his “stand” on the shearing board and operates the shearing hand-piece. A shearer begins by removing the wool over the sheep's belly, which is separated from the main fleece by a rouseabout while the sheep is still being shorn. The remainder of the fleece is taken off in one ...

  8. Animal slaughter - Wikipedia

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    c) cattle, sheep and goats are tied then struck multiple times in the head with a sledgehammer until the animal dies or loses consciousness. Drug administration [ citation needed ] However, being that this method is expensive, time-consuming, and renders the animals' bodies toxic and inedible, it is mainly used for animal euthanasia , not as a ...

  9. Meat-packing industry - Wikipedia

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    The William Davies Company facilities in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, circa 1920. This facility was then the third largest hog-packing plant in North America. The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.