Stunning prior to slaughter is legally required in many countries including Australia. It is intended to cause unconsciousness so that slaughter may b...
The RSPCA’s Standard for meat chickens has a focus on animal welfare which includes a requirement for stunning prior to slaughter. Pre-slaughter...
Pre-slaughter stunning is standard practice in the vast majority of Australian abattoirs producing halal-certified meat. But some halal and all kosher...
The RSPCA believes that humane killing is: ‘when an animal is either killed instantly or rendered insensible until death ensues, without pain, suffe...
The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standard for Meat Chickens sets specific requirements for the transportation, handling, stunning and slaughter of me...
The ways in which animals are slaughtered (killed for food) are different depending on the species. Find out more about the slaughter and killing of f...
