Guest guest Posted April 11, 2001 Report Share Posted April 11, 2001 'They Die Piece by Piece' In Overtaxed Plants, Humane Treatment of Cattle Is Often a Battle Lost By Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 10, 2001; Page A01 Second of two articles PASCO, Wash.--It takes 25 minutes to turn a live steer into steak at the modern slaughterhouse where Ramon Moreno works. For 20 years, his post was " second-legger, " a job that entails cutting hocks off carcasses as they whirl past at a rate of 309 an hour. The cattle were supposed to be dead before they got to Moreno. But too often they weren't. " They blink. They make noises, " he said softly. " The head moves, the eyes are wide and looking around. " Still Moreno would cut. On bad days, he says, dozens of animals reached his station clearly alive and conscious. Some would survive as far as the tail cutter, the belly ripper, the hide puller. " They die, " said Moreno, " piece by piece. " http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60798-2001Apr9.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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