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Title 6 : Agriculture
Chapter 201 : Humane Slaughter of Livestock
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 3132)-
§ 3132. Prohibition
No slaughterer, packer, or stockyard operator may bleed or slaughter livestock except by a humane method. The use of a manually operated hammer, sledge, poleax, or similar instrument is not a humane method within the meaning of this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 20, 1968.)
