No slaughterer or packer shall bleed or slaughter any livestock except by a humane method. The following methods are in all instances prohibited:
- (a) Use of a manually operated hammer, sledge or pole-ax as a means of slaughtering any animal or of rendering any animal unconscious in preparation for slaughter.
- (b) Shackling and hoisting or hanging any animal while such animal is conscious, in the positioning of such animal for slaughter.
(from Ch. 8, par. 229.53)
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 2023.)