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Whatever suits you, Iv seen some horrific messes using a bolt on horses. A bolt is used to stun large animals not kill them. Every horse slaughter house I've ever seen has used live ammunition. Do something wrong with a cow and it often still drops but a horse certainly doesn't. I'm not up for arguing with anyone, whatever works for you ?

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Seen some horrific messes working in abattoirs over the years myself, majority was the incompetent staff.

That was the only tools, along with a knife I had for the job. 

They weren’t back street abattoirs, 3 well known companies and 1 prob one of the biggest in uk so I’m not arguing with that.

 

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11 hours ago, Steak knife said:

Seen some horrific messes working in abattoirs over the years myself, majority was the incompetent staff.

That was the only tools, along with a knife I had for the job. 

They weren’t back street abattoirs, 3 well known companies and 1 prob one of the biggest in uk so I’m not arguing with that.

 

I don't think your allowed to use a bolt on horses in the UK.....and I'm not arguing in any way I just don't think they should have been doing it. A local knacker man got into trouble for doing it a couple of years ago. A bolt is used in conjunction with a pithing rod isn't it and I don't think you can do that with a horse. Been a few horses running around a field with a bolt hanging from their head over the years. Certainly wouldn't want to use one on a race horse at the side of the track ?

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On 08/07/2020 at 11:58, DIDO.1 said:

I don't think your allowed to use a bolt on horses in the UK.....and I'm not arguing in any way I just don't think they should have been doing it. A local knacker man got into trouble for doing it a couple of years ago. A bolt is used in conjunction with a pithing rod isn't it and I don't think you can do that with a horse. Been a few horses running around a field with a bolt hanging from their head over the years. Certainly wouldn't want to use one on a race horse at the side of the track ?

Regulations may well have changed from I worked in the industry, which has been a while now.

It was standard procedure though for a long time. 

Worked with a fella who spun a loaded bolt in his hand one day showing off.It went off into his forearm. 

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23 hours ago, Mooching Celt said:

I've seen horses dropped with a .38 that I wouldn't have wanted to be near.....as unpredictable in death as the bloody things are in life

I've got half a mile down the road and a very dead horse has started kicking the side of the wagon out, just nerves lashing out. Or race horses you could shoot and tie up, when you stick the knive in....bang...they lash out with the back leg. Totally dead, again just nerves. You could skin em, cut the leg off, hang it up and you can see the leg twitching. No wonder they are unpredictable when alive. 

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