Sentence examples for stun animals from inspiring English sources

"This means restricting the use of halal and kosher meat to those communities that require it for their religious beliefs and, where possible, convincing them of the acceptability of the stunned alternatives". He suggested some abattoirs might be refusing to stun animals simply to cut costs.

Slaughterhouses are required by law to stun animals before they are killed to minimise suffering.

He also suggests that some abattoirs might be refusing to stun animals before slaughter simply to cut costs.

Even within the Muslim world, people argue over the definition of halal – for example there are different schools of thought on whether you should stun animals".

But it doesn't begin to address how a country that prides itself on animal welfare became home to butchers who don't stun animals before slaughtering them.

Yes, within the EU it has been mandatory since 1979 to stun animals before they are killed, although countries can grant exemptions for religious slaughter.

He stuns animals such as hyenas with a tranquilizer gun and then slices open their skin with a sharp knife to implant a GPS transmitter, thus leaving the animals injured but easily trackable.

Again, electrically stunned animals may exhibit this reflex long after losing consciousness and the reflex may occur more vigorously when the animal is handled (Blackmore and Newhook, 1982).

It is stated that under no circumstances should a stunned animal vocalise, as vocalisation after stunning indicates consciousness and probably distress and pain (Grandin and Smith, 2004; Gouveia et al., 2009).

However, it is quite impossible to know whether the conventionally stunned animal is feeling pain or not.

Goat heads of young adult individuals, that passed the standard controls for food consumption, were obtained after animal sacrifice, by means of jugular vein incision on an electrically stunned animal, from a local slaughterhouse (CO.AL.BE. dei F.lli Contu & C. s.n.c., Selargius, Cagliari, Italy).