General Farming Practices
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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.
What is mass killing in the context of farmed animals?
Mass killing is the killing of large numbers of farmed animals and is sometimes called depopulation. At times, it is carried out in the event of an emergency animal disease outbreak to control and prevent further spread of the disease.