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What are the animal welfare issues with mass killing of farmed animals using ventilation shutdown?

Ventilation shutdown (VSD) methods cause prolonged distress and suffering of animals before death.

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What is mass killing?

Mass killing, or the killing of large numbers of farmed animals, is at times required in the event of an emergency animal disease outbreak to control and prevent further spread of the disease.

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