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Areas of Routine Violations (cont'd)
C.
Live Hanging
The vast majority of poultry slaughterhouses in Canada use the electric stun-bath method of stunning.
This requires that birds be suspended upside down by their feet while fully conscious. The stunning
lines move very quickly ­ up to 200 birds per minute (Striffler S. 2002).
On November 17, 2008, we observed the live-suspension of turkeys at Lilydale in Abbotsford, BC. At
this facility, two suspensory railings were used, one atop the other. We were stunned to see severed
turkey legs literally raining down from the upper railing and hitting the live, fully conscious birds
beneath. In just 2:45 minutes of filming we counted eleven amputated turkey legs, some of them even
stuck between the legs of the live suspended birds.
(Footage available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TwylaFrancois)
Amputated leg between legs of live, conscious turkey Another amputated leg beside live, conscious turkey
All photos taken at
Lilydale
Abbotsford, BC
November 17, 2008
Amputated leg falling down onto live, conscious birds
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