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I think this is poorly written in the article... Likely the Co2 gas is used to power bolt-guns which are in turn used to stun larger animals like cows before sl
by aarongough 8y ago
I think this is poorly written in the article... Likely the Co2 gas is used to power bolt-guns which are in turn used to stun larger animals like cows before slaughter.
- delecti 8y agoNo, the slaughter industry does in fact use CO2 to asphyxiate animals. It even has a fun euphemism, "Controlled Atmosphere Stunning". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation#Animal_slaughter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation#Animal_...
- aarongough 8y agoInteresting, I didn't realize that was done at scale... As the comment above me said, seems harsh to use CO2 for that...