Consciousness in farm animals and the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of slaughter techniques
2024
Terlouw, Claudia | Le Neindre, Pierre | Unité Mixte de Recherche sur les Herbivores - UMR 1213 (UMRH) ; VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Direction de l'Expertise scientifique collective, de la Prospective et des Etudes (DEPE) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. The slaughter of animals comprises the induction of unconsciousness followed by bleeding to cause death. Today’s slaughter practices are chosen to avoid animal suffering, but what does science tell us about animal suffering? Do animals have emotions? Consciousness? How to study consciousness? Experiments suggest strongly that animals have emotions and are conscious, although many aspects of consciousness are still not understood. However, various brain areas involved in consciousness have been identified and the mechanical, electrical and gaseous stunning techniques used at slaughter, cause dysfunction of one or several of these areas, in different manners to induce unconsciousness.
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