The painless extinction of life in animals designed for human food / by Henry Maccormac, M.D.

  • MacCormac, Henry.
Date:
1864
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Credit: The painless extinction of life in animals designed for human food / by Henry Maccormac, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ON THE PAINLESS EXTINCTION OF LIFE IN ANIMALS DESIGNED FOR HUMAN FOOD. No one, I should hope, will be inclined to contest that the extinction of life in animals designed for human food should be as painless as possible. The poor dependent brute is placed entirely at our dis- posal. We are called upon by every motive, human and Divine, to inflict upon him no needless or avoid- able suffering. Very many have interested them- selves with the welfare of the brute, principally, how- ever, in regard to his treatment during life. Ecav have the immediate opportunity, and fewer still care to dive into the painful mysteries of the slaugh- terhouse. Not many, therefore, have exerted them- selves, directly or indirectly, to lessen the sufferings of the brute in death. The subject is repulsive. It is withdrawn from public gaze, and even the most humane persons have not ventured to inter- fere in amatter which was hardly deemed remediable. It was a great advance when, some time since in Paris and more recently in London, slaughterhouses were removed from these respective capitals. This step still remains to be followed up universally. I would call upon the Legislature to interdict all slaughterhouses in towns. It is not right or proper