CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec
CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec
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Crimes Without ConsequenCes<br />
Humane slaughter laws require that all animals, other than birds, be rendered insensible<br />
with one stunning attempt. However, industry guidelines allow for less than 100 percent<br />
stunning effectiveness. AMI guidelines consider a stunning effectiveness rating of 99<br />
percent acceptable for pigs and 95 percent acceptable for cattle and sheep, while the NCC<br />
has set an acceptable stunning standard of 98 percent for chickens. Even if 100 percent<br />
of slaughter plants were able to meet these standards, it would mean that 185 million<br />
chickens, 1.8 million cattle and sheep and 1 million pigs may be killed inhumanely each<br />
year in the United States.<br />
Table 25. Industry Audits of U.S. Cattle Slaughter Plants<br />
Year Plants<br />
Audited a<br />
Stunning b Sensibility c Vocalizing d Prod Use e<br />
1996 f 13 15 92 38 NA<br />
1999 g 41 37 97 45 64<br />
2000 h 49 41 98 51 45<br />
2001 i 44 36 91 41 45<br />
2002 j 57 38 95 42 29<br />
2003 k 50 52 90 60 50<br />
2004 l 51 71 94 53 75<br />
2004 (veal) l 5 75 100 60 100<br />
2005 m 43 55 100 60 74<br />
2006 n 46 56 95 56 57<br />
2006 (veal) n 3 67 100 100 100<br />
Notes<br />
a Not all plants were audited on all measures of animal welfare; therefore the sample sizes for each measure<br />
(stunning, sensibility, vocalizing and prod use) are typically smaller than the total number of plants audited.<br />
b Percent of plants stunning at least 99 percent of animals with one shot of captive bolt gun. A score of 99<br />
percent is considered “excellent” by AMI; scores of 95 to 98 percent are “acceptable.”<br />
c Percent of plants with 100 percent of animals insensible on the bleed rail.<br />
d Percent of plants with less than 2 percent of animals vocalizing during handling and stunning.<br />
e Percent of plants using electrical prods on 5 percent or less of animals.<br />
f Grandin T, Survey of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef, veal, pork, and sheep slaughter plants.<br />
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/usdarpt.html)<br />
g Grandin T, 1999 audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork plants.<br />
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/99.audits.beef.pork.html)<br />
h Grandin T, 2000 McDonald’s audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork plants.<br />
(http://www.grandin.com/survey/2000McDonalds.rpt.html)<br />
i Grandin T, 2001 restaurant audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork slaughter<br />
plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2001.restaurant.audits.html)<br />
j Grandin T, 2002 restaurant audits of stunning and handling in federally inspected beef and pork slaughter<br />
plants. (http://www.grandin.com/survey/2002.restaurant.audits.html)<br />
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