Newly available U.S. Department of Agriculture documents (published on the website of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service) show that at Luce’s Maine Grown Meats near North Anson, a cow was repeatedly shot in the head — leaving her crying out between the blasts — before she was rendered unconscious. Victims of these failed stunning attempts suffer tremendous pain and terror during their protracted deaths, which occur disturbingly often at slaughterhouses.
Even the best-run slaughterhouses are still violently killing individuals with personalities and feelings. Farmed animals feel pain every bit as much as humans do and value their lives, just as you and I value ours. They can’t wait for the meat industry — or the law— to protect them from pain and suffering.
That’s one of the reasons why PETA encourages everyone to eat vegan foods rather than animal-based ones.
Elise Fisher
evidence analyst, PETA
Norfolk, Virginia
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