LPT 312: Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology (1+1)

GREENER'S HUMANE CATTLE KILLER

• This has a cylindrical barrel enclosing a chamber in which the bullet or live cartridge is lodged.
• There is a bell shaped chamber at one end, which prevents the operator from being blinded by the flash of the exposure of the cartridge.
• There is a steel pin protected by a cap as a safety device at the other end.
• This pin can be struck with the help of a wooden mallet.
  • Advantages
    • Animal is instantaneously killed.
    • Animal sustains minimal suffering.
  • Disadvantages
    • It is dangerous to human being and other animals, if proper care is not taken, because it dislodges free bullets.
    • Lot of sound is generated which will scare other animals.
    • The cylinder gets heated up quickly. So it cannot be used for many animals continuously.
    • Both the hands of the operator are required, one to hold the instrument and other to strike the pin with the mallet.