Yes, I was very impressed that the guy, although he chickened out (sorry) or actually bleeding Chuffy, he did adminster the stunning shock. I was impressed with that mobile slaughterhouse, I know it's just a matter of scale and the process and end result are the same, but it seemed more dignified than the mass dangling of chickens in an electrified bath.
Interesting, that in order to be sold for food, the chickens have to have this stunning before being bled. Whereas it's quite alright for the poultry man to dispatch underweight or sick birds by pulling their necks, and they just go in the bin (I suspect, to go into dog food or bonemeal). Why must an animal have a 'humane' death in order to be food, but not if it's just rubbish? (Although as I understand it, wringing the neck if done right, is just as instant, and has been the method used by smallholders for ever). Is it just that the post-mortem flapping muscle contractions would be inconvenient in a factory situation? Or do consumers have to think the bird is stunned...?
