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by delecti 2901 days ago
No, 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_...

1 comments

Interesting, I didn't realize that was done at scale... As the comment above me said, seems harsh to use CO2 for that...