ELECTROCUTED PIGS
NEW SLAUGHTERING METHOD I'lie electric power and lighting department of the Dunedin City Corporation in its search i'or new avenues for the expansion of electric power consumption lias turned its attention to pigs. Whether the pigs are fortunate or unfortunate in this respect only the pigs themselves can decide, but it would seem that the slaughter-house stall of the city abattoirs at least, will benefit from the introduction of modern lYiethods into the killing of pirs. says the Otago Daily Times. For the first time, the stunning of pigs by electricity, prior to sticking, was tried out at the abattoirs with conspicuous success last week. By the use of an electrically charged apparatus which resembles a giant pair of pincers, pigs destined for the curing vat or the hooks can he rendered unconscious in a moment, l'be pincers are placed on the top of the head a clamp behind each e " r - , am J the shock of the electricity the nrostration of the pig for at least 10 minutes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21765, 3 April 1934, Page 6
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171ELECTROCUTED PIGS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21765, 3 April 1934, Page 6
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