Set of photographs: Slaughter equipment

Ingrid Schütt-Abraham
12.01.2003

Photographs: Schütt-Abraham


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Captive bolt gun for stunning cattle, pigs, sheep and goats made by the Kerner company

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Captive bolt gun made by the Kerner company, taken apart
top: return spring, rubber ring and end piece
middle: bolt
below: head piece with trigger and barrel

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Contact area (with the animal's head) of a captive bolt gun (made by Kerner) with concavely shaped end of bolt

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Stamp of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) marking approval of the generic construction of the captive bolt device (made by Kerner)

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Spring operated captive bolt guns for stunning rabbits and water fowl
(distributing companies)

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Disposable pithing rod made from plastic by Operating Platforms, Ltd (UK)

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End piece of the disposable pithing rod made by Operating Platforms Ltd (UK)

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Shackle for suspending poultry on the conveyor belt
left: for large poultry like turkeys
right: for small poultry like chickens and guinea fowl

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Poultry slaughter pliers

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