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Pronunciation: [slˈɔːtəhˌa͡ʊzɪz] (IPA)

Slaughterhouses, also known as abattoirs, are facilities where animals are killed, processed, and prepared for commercial use. Other synonyms for slaughterhouse include meatpacking plant, butchery, meat processing plant, and killing floor. These facilities are typically used for processing livestock such as cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. The slaughtering process involves stunning the animals to render them unconscious before they are killed. The meat is then processed into various cuts and packaged for distribution. While the use of slaughterhouses has been considered controversial due to animal welfare concerns, they remain an essential component of the meat industry.
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That some cows kept in filthy stables or with Slaughterhouses near by may become inured to the odors and escape the evil results is no disproof of the injurious effects so often seen in such cases.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Often have I seen an eager crowd of children assembled around the Slaughterhouses of French towns, absorbed in the expiring agonies of the sheep and cattle, and hushed into silence as they watched the flow of blood.
"The Book of Were-Wolves"
Sabine Baring-Gould
"We are purifying ourselves," the chief of the kolchytes interrupted, for the great festival of the valley, and for ten days no beast can have been killed here for food; besides, the stables and Slaughterhouses are a long way from this, on the other side of the linen-factories."
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers

Famous quotes with Slaughterhouses

  • The masochist bullies the sadist into action. The most person person is actually the aggressor. Every day, just you living means the misery and death of plants and animals- and even some people. "Slaughterhouses, factory farms, sweatshops," she says, "like it or not, that's what your money buys."
    Chuck Palahniuk

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