I was a sales rep for a while and one of our largest clients was a slaughterhouse. The owner was a hands on kind of guy, and I had to go onto the slaughterhouse floor to wait for him. I wasn't allowed to actually walk very far into the operation, but saw enough that it freaked me the hell out and made my stomach turn. Man, I remember the first time there clear as day, and I don't think I'll ever forget it. It just seemed, wrong.
I also visited other farmers and watched them slaughter animals during my time with this company. The men who did this without a full blown operation seemed to have much more respect for the animals they killed. They were treated well through life and quickly killed.
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