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2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 06 Agriculture
Chapter 201 HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF LIVESTOCK
§ 3132 Prohibition

Universal Citation:
6 V.S.A. § 3132.
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§ 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. (1967, No. 297 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 20, 1968.)

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