Captive bolt pistol

piglets are gone, the sow is impregnated again and the cycle keeps going for three to four years then the sow is slaughtered. For the piglets, they are separated for either breeding or meat. Male piglets are castrated which is the same as neutering. Due to high levels of stress, piglets begin cannibalism or tail-biting. To stop this, workers often cut off the tails of pigs and use pliers to cut off the ends of their teeth (PETA). Many animals each year are killed in brutal ways. Most of the time, animals aren’t stunned properly. According to Animal Rights Action.com, the abuse continues every day. In several countries, companies break laws every day all the time with regards to how animals should be treated. Animals are stunned by firing a bolt gun into their head, or electrocuting them, around 40% of the time, the stunning is ineffective. The stun is supposed to induce a heart attack or seizure, but improper stunning animals feel everything that happens to them (“Slaughterhouse”) The Humane Society of the United states says nine billion chickens are killed every year. Every year, chickens and turkeys are killed improperly. One way that chickens are killed is being shackled upside down, paralyzed in electrified water, then dragged across throat cutting blades, which doesn’t always cut their throats and they die in scalding hot water, so they don’t die right away (Humane Society). In an article related to animal abuse, the USDA shutdown a slaughterhouse run by Central…

of killing cattle. They are not just treated bad in the slaughterhouses, but also when they are being transported to it: “[C]attle face a journey of up to forty-eight hours, during which they are deprived of water and food. Thus, virtually all of them lose weight and many show signs of dehydration. They are often exposed to extremes of heat and cold. A number of animals will die from the conditions or arrive at the slaughterhouse too sick to be considered fit for human consumption” (Foer 227).…

opposed to the rapacious and malicious food industry. Hopefully bacon and baby back ribs smothered in barbeque sauce will lose their appeal once the veil of anonymity that shrouds the food industry is drawn back. Why is it that it is acceptable to eat a pig or a cow, but repulsive and almost insane to eat a dog? One of the only defining differences is that to a majority of the American public it is acceptable to mass slaughter one and then cuddle up to the other. The process of this mass…

The short story, The Most Dangerous Game, written and published in 1924, by Richard Connell. In the story, a hunter named Rainsford is stranded on an island, owned by a wealthy Cossack named Zaroff. Who hunts humans, not animals. Zaroff then gives Rainsford a choice, to be hunted by Zaroff for three days, or to be killed by Zaroff’s manservant, Ivan. Rainsford chooses to be hunted by Zaroff and is given hunting gear. On the last day of the hunt, Zaroff and his dogs corner Rainsford, and…

Captive bolt causes irreparable damage to the brain. This method is used on different animals like cattle, pigs, sheep and goats. This method is used primarily because it has low running cost and many developing countries can adopt it. Two main types of captive bolt gun: penetrating and non-penetrating. Penetrating where a metal rod is fired which makes a concussion or intracranial pressure which causes bruising of the brain. There is a gun which uses the trigger system and somewhere taping on…

The applauding behavior of today’s youth has reached epidemic proportions. Their lack of self-respect is reflected in not only by the way they dress, it’s also shown by the way they treat others. Aggressive behavior is shown throughout social media, music and everyday life. Entertainment today contributes to the fact that today’s youth are vulgar, rude, and rebellious and disrespect authority. Parents trying to be friends with their children, instead of being parents is a huge contributing…

and lack the sagacity required for the tough job. Supporters of captive breeding, along with zoos, proclaim that the released animals are actually acclimating well and that zoos have saved certain animals from extinction (“Captive Breeding” 69). Even though captive breeding is actually a failing system, in some cases it has worked. Native in Africa, Bongos are a threatened forest antelope that have been reintroduced back into its natural habitat with help of the AZA Bongo Species Survival Plan.…

Let me go back to when it all began I jolted awake as a blood curdling howl pierced the bitter cold air. What started out as a seemingly relaxed hiking trip turned into 3 days of pure, adreneline driven, survival, when a pack of ravenous, blood-thirsty gray wolves started hunting me. I thought I had lost them when I jumped 3 and a half meters across an almost bottomless ravine going a mile in either direction. I don't know how they caught up to me, but now was not the time to think about…

I train for athletics on the weekends with a group of men who all have over 50 years on me. Training with them has and always will be the best decision I have made. My trainer is called Jack Giddy and he trained my grandfather in athletics as well. He is currently 93 years old. He and his wife, Snow, have been family friends with us for years. He had a friend called Reg Austin was also a runner that was trained by Jack when he was young. Born on October 16, 1936, Reg Austin was a runner from…

In “Peak” by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool, the central theme that the book is based upon is an idea that opposes what is commonly thought by many people. When anyone sees an expert in a particular field of study, they automatically assume that they were born with a talent for that field. They believe that the only requirements of mastering a particular field of study are innate talent by which the person had from their birth, and at least ten thousand hours of practice. Perfect examples of…