By the end, the words "like pigs to the slaughter" were ringing alarmingly in my ears.
Witnesses to the slaughter were tracked down, across Bosnia and Europe.
Anecdotal evidence suggested that almost half of lambs destined for slaughter were killed without prior stunning.
The details of the slaughter were given by Detective Chief Superintendent Iain Goulding, from Cumbria Police, the senior investigating officer.
Earlier this week, the charges against Slaughter were dropped when he agreed to surrender his gun, which was registered, and pay $500 to a children's charity.
22 A Tale of Two Petitions Massachusetts residents who thought they were signing a petition to ban horse slaughter were actually signing one against gay marriage.
All methods of religious slaughter were originally introduced as a way of improving both public health and, significantly, the welfare of the animal.
The uprising and its brutal repression, which is referred to as la matanza ("the slaughter"), were momentous events in the history of the country.
There were also differences in the language used by reporters for Israelis and Palestinians: terms such as atrocity, brutal murder, mass murder, lynching and slaughter were used to describe Israeli deaths but not Palestinian.
A. Blair Dunn, a lawyer for the company, Valley Meat, said many of the complaints, documented in e-mails and letters obtained by Front Range Equine Rescue, an advocacy group that opposes horse slaughter, were false.
Veterinary literature from the civilizations of Greece and Rome contains reference to "herd factors" in disease; contagion within groups of animals kept together, therefore, was recognized, and both quarantine and slaughter were used to control outbreaks of livestock diseases.
