Sentence examples for as a humane method from inspiring English sources
Similarly, in In re Kemmler (1890), when the electric chair was introduced as a humane method of execution, the Supreme Court held it constitutional because death was "instantaneous" and "painless," unlike the lingering deaths that resulted from "burning at the stake, crucifixion, breaking on the wheel, or the like".
Positions on religious slaughter vary around the world - in the US, for instance, it is specifically defined as a humane method in the Humane Slaughter Act (1958) - but elsewhere several countries have already restricted or banned slaughtering unstunned animals.
This is considered to be a humane method of slaughter in line with the Islamic laws governing the consumption of Halal foods for members of the Islamic faith.
The question whether decapitation is a humane method of euthanasia in awake animals is being debated.
The animals were killed using cervical dislocation, a humane method of killing in accordance with the UK Animals Scientificc Procedures) Act 1986 and the European Communities Council Directive (86/609/EEC).
But Ms. Bucknall said that using carbon dioxide chambers to kill the geese had been approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association as an acceptable and humane method.
The fence design therefore shows considerable potential as an effective and humane method of excluding badgers from field crops and other vulnerable areas.
The supposed objection is that halal slaughter is a less humane method of terminating an animal than the supposedly more palatable methods of stunning, electrocution and gassing.
"Our goal isn't to help them find a more humane method because we don't think there is one," explains Guillermo.
Mr. Hadidian is the primary author of "Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living With Wildlife," which offers information about wild animals as well as creative and humane methods of discouraging them from eating your plants.
