Slaughter

DEFRA information on slaughter

DEFRA information on: 

Preslaughter handling of red meat animals

Stunning and sticking of red meat animals

Welfare of animals at slaughter

Welfare of poultry at slaughter

Thermal stress in poultry lairage

Slaughter of ostriches

FAWC Report on Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter and Killing - Part 1 Red Meat Animals

Application form for a registered licence to kill or slaughter animals 

Adobe acrobat .pdf format

Gaseous Stunning or Killing of Poultry

Report of the EC Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare

Killing of Animals for Disease Control Purposes

Report of the EC Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare.
(Information provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Humane Slaughter Association

Welfare organisation with excellent information on markets, transport and slaughter

New Zealand. Welfare Code for Animals at the Time of Slaughter at Licensed and Approved Premises

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand. 

New Zealand. Welfare Code for Emergency Slaughter of Farm Animals

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand. 

Viva! report on the slaughter of farmed animals in the UK

Viva! (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) Campaign report on Slaughter of Farm Animals.

American Meat Institute

Information on handling and welfare in USA slaughterhouses

Campaign material against slaughter of animals

Information provided by Dr Harold Hillman

Report of AVMA Panel on Methods of Euthanasia

American Veterinary Medical Association information on euthanasia methods for a wide variation of species

Legislation

Slaughter legislation