No...but it does increase stress which increases cortisol production (as well as other hormones and body chemicals like adrenaline). That effects the flavor and texture of the meat.
------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:lrssc...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:25 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: You have to wonder about those against same sex marriage Being scared isn't being in pain. On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From what I read way back about Kosher killing of cattle was they > don't know it, they don't feel it and as the bleed out they get > sleepy. Very peaceful. The con is that all cattle know they're in a > slaughterhouse because they smell the death. I haven't looked into it > anymore in fear of not liking the answer but I do know that smell from > driving through California. > > . > > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I wonder if the pig thinks having his throat slit is humane. > > > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Judah McAuley > > <ju...@wiredotter.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> Yeah, actually, I find manual butchering by people who know what > >> they are doing pretty humane. I'm planning on taking further > >> classes in it next year. I have a neighbor who just did his first > >> major hog slaughter, 5 pigs I think. Definitely a step up from the > >> chickens and turkeys that he and I have done and a different > >> psychological edge to it to be sure. But humane? Definitely. > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm