How do slaughterhouses kill pigs?

Since the pig is suspended from the rail system upside down, all the blood flows out until its heart stops beating, and then it is dead. Basically for the pig it’s like falling asleep and never waking up. Very humane. It is a difficult job and only skilled people can do it. read more

When allowed to live out their natural lives, pigs live for an average of 10-15 years, but factory farmed pigs are sent to slaughter after just six months of life. In order to get the terrified pigs onto the trucks bound for the slaughterhouse, workers may beat them on their sensitive noses and backs or stick electric prods into their rectums. read more