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Workers and cattle in a slaughterhouse in 1942. In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (/ ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr / ⓘ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility.
The list of largest poultry slaughtering companies in Europe shows the largest companies of the poultry industry in Europe. The list comprises companies that are all slaughtering chicken and most of them additionally other poultry such as turkey and ducks .
This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1985–1986 Hormel strike; A. ... Slaughter-House Cases; Smithfield Packing Company; 2018 Southeastern Provisions raid;
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.
Union stockyards in the United States were centralized urban livestock yards where multiple rail lines delivered animals from ranches and farms for slaughter and meat packing. A stockyard company managed the work of unloading the livestock, which was faster and more efficient than using railway staff. [ 1 ]
Initiated by the French animal rights organization L214, the first marches took place in Paris [2] and Castres, [3] in southern France on June 2, 2012. [4] In Paris, the march commenced at the old Vaugirard Slaughterhouses, the site where Georges Franju filmed part of his documentary Le sang des bêtes. [5]
LUCIE COUNTY – Local, state and federal officials were at the scene Wednesday of what was described as an “illegal animal slaughter farm” on Godwin Road, according to Animal Recovery Mission.
Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock. It is estimated that each year, 80 billion land animals are slaughtered ...