Emergency culling of sick or injured farm animals requires protocols ensuring rapid, humane death to prevent prolonged suffering.
Livestock that require emergency on-farm killing due to severe illness or injury sometimes receive suboptimal methods causing prolonged suffering. Improper captive bolt placement causes failure to stun, requiring repeat attempts. Inadequately trained operators use knife cuts that do not achieve rapid death. Training in approved methods and equipment maintenance ensures rapid, humane death when emergency culling is necessary.