I'm not sure if they do it the same way everywhere, but at the only (industrial) slaughterhouse i've ever been at, they use a special kind of gun on the head of

I'm not sure if they do it the same way everywhere, but at the only (industrial) slaughterhouse i've ever been at, they use a special kind of gun on the head of the animal, which basically destroys the brain, before they actually slaughter the animal. Compared to traditional methods (cutting the throat of a conscious animal), this seems a better solution.