METHODS OF SLAUGHTERING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 144, 12 March 1908, Page 9

METHODS OF SLAUGHTERING.

, 1 DISCUSSION AT CHRISTCHURCH l (jjViTELEGIIAPnT-SPSOLiIi .COBHESrPOTENT.J! ij , 1 " i '-1 1 ! 'Ghrlstchurchjillarchill > " Tlio 'ScfcrotaVy of tho Society for,, the .Pre- >. vontiOn of Cruelty to Animals has arraigned . " r tlro , " ,l Pre'S3 l " ! Jewish - : )• mothod of slaughtering is. not so cruel as ho .. . ''asserted.' ;S,; v:,. : '/v.: i' Tito'- "'Pt-e&j'-'VM . replying;','says'the qups- I,< > tion at' issuo "is not; .whethor ,the process ■ ' repulsive' •' td'> :the':' on- ; •• -look6rsj" but whether it■ -jb ■so .oroel; as -to.. -■ vtho vl'revontioii'of 'Gruelty to -Animals. . >•; ■process of'slaughter that. wo are acquainted ; -, :' . withV,is v '.'a"jileasimt -'Sight '.'fbr.V> person :of , •.. .V, - , SdiisitivtS ' feelingsr- to-"look upon. 'As 'tho , > ipoint'i 111 • disputo ~is-one |of physiology, wo ~ rofe red the matter ,to tho Piofes-or of ; Ecology at Canterbury "' Gollego; and a:, local ; whosq -■ qualifications ;,.V----.entitle hisv-.opinion-to some • weight.They ' |Botji , 'supp(}ft'.'Dr; Tenwick'^inttho'l.viaw that;;., l ' 18 1' ' \c6mprirasfrely*iMlMwsV^ DR' Gliiltonl' ro fcssor r of v ßiology at, Can- :j : : terbury College, On being asked it ho would, 1 'in ■tho' public interest, kindly giro hi 3 ! (opinion on( tho question; jn.-dmpute/ saidr-H. ''"1 agr.oo With: tho opinion expressed by iDr. / ?. vKonvficii'that' if tho animal's-throat is. cut . ; : : {$0.. is'.'to- thoroughly' sever tho, great:,blood ; ' fvcssels 'of' tW ; ncclcy- -"unconsciousncss.) must. . .: „ .ensue almost lmmediatcLv"from•anaemia ofr ... ?. ,■? >, ■ |i to ;musoular contraction,. and -• : 'is-Viiot' l apcompaiiigd; with'' any. ( sonsa'tioii\ of ■''■ ~ ?: j, "paiiu"tv'v • V\ ; v ; - V !:i;A',locarßurgeon said: "I'agroo'.with what ■ '■|:i I bnwick' , ,says as* to- tile comparatively ~1 'painless : method' 'of fslaught-ering binployod' bj;, , ; ,"tho ;jTews. Of course, "t-licro is tho>pun-pro-' S ."dubed'iby 'tho' TiVst incision', but: that," if per- :-. 'fm-hM'qvuckly' - ;.' effect, the.jieck; . ■ ■ f, ;4uicikiy:sueceeded by.a p«-iod,of semr,and then- ■■ ■. ' corhploto .iliioonsciousncEs. 1 : Aa Dr. Fcnwick .. : .ays, it is simil»T;to t-ho .process of gsrrot-';. ; iri : thoso : iases 'the;'yictSm ; vwas^:quickly ". ren-; ; ;v f. .ileired'.'inseusiblo' 011;iiccountV'of lack'.of ,V: ! ; : oxygenated' jblood passiiig to; the'.brain', which ' siiickly'became'in an aniumic condition, . '■ 'I ,; niyself'had soliie';eii)erienc6' of ; this'meth"od.-;, ; - l '' ; garrbtted.'a.:medical;frieh(i': ' : J j 'of 'tfiine- "■'ln -less- than lialf'a- minuto 'ho . : 'jiassed! int'o-'a' staft 'of- complete unconscious-.v--: [ : iiels; iftlUljg :iti'.£' fa® off' : '. "ii'o' yai .sittiiig;: ! .on''boing' . V • ■lio ' Biid' lh'at- he -was /totally :unc(jiiscious ; of, v' 'everything, 'arid .Ihquiredjj -''\Vliatris v thp mat- !;•>' V '"t'erY".^^,AhetwarH^^;oid.;b'eing : 'ask«l 'if 'lio' felt'.it ;V (• ho , \l r\vas"inclined ' You arc compressing ■■ ■ niy'carotid arteries,'..but,■ on'second-thoughts, - j' say anything, bciaVoj 110 felt too . 'sleepy. - Juilging from his experience,; tho ■ c act :, 'Vras' i 'Mmpletely.' and k :it';is"'es-: y?' [ 'sbntiaiVy tlie'samo as tho.'.Jcwi&h'method of- !■' "slaiilhtfii'i:' With tho exception .that" ur tho - '