It can and should certainly be done with respect, but industrialized process being what they are means that the absolute minimum is paid to doing so (as always, economics gets in the way). Thus we need stricter laws to force operators to comply (if left to their own devices they'd do nothing).
As I pointed out in my earlier post, animals are sentient beings so I'd add here that it's not just a matter of dispatching an animal quickly, we also have to consider that they are very aware that other animals around them are dying (especially so if they can see the execution process happening). However, it's not nearly enough just to keep the process out of the site of waiting animals as they've a much keener sense of death in the air than we humans have.
We therefore need to take this into consideration so as not to alarm or frighten them. It seems to me that we've still a lot more to do in this regard—as the welfare of the animals ought to be paramount but all too often it's not.
(That's not a call to veganism, rather it's a demand that we be kind to all living creatures even if we have to eat them for food).
It can and should certainly be done with respect, but industrialized process being what they are means that the absolute minimum is paid to doing so (as always, economics gets in the way). Thus we need stricter laws to force operators to comply (if left to their own devices they'd do nothing).
As I pointed out in my earlier post, animals are sentient beings so I'd add here that it's not just a matter of dispatching an animal quickly, we also have to consider that they are very aware that other animals around them are dying (especially so if they can see the execution process happening). However, it's not nearly enough just to keep the process out of the site of waiting animals as they've a much keener sense of death in the air than we humans have.
We therefore need to take this into consideration so as not to alarm or frighten them. It seems to me that we've still a lot more to do in this regard—as the welfare of the animals ought to be paramount but all too often it's not.
(That's not a call to veganism, rather it's a demand that we be kind to all living creatures even if we have to eat them for food).