This Is What Humane Slaughter Looks Like. Is It Good Enough?

A visit to the Prather Ranch Meat Company in California, which prides itself on high standards for handling cattle. But what does that even mean?

“The phone in Prather’s modest beige office rings a lot. But when people call these days, it’s most often not to ask what the cows are fed, or if they’re on antibiotics or hormones, or how lushly and freely they range.

“It’s to confirm how peacefully they died.”

Source: Modern Farmer
Published: Apr 18, 2013
Length: 10 minutes (2,674 words)
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