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A more humane way of slaughtering chickens might get EU approval

By Andy Coghlan

30 January 2018

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Inside these cylinders, chickens are slaughtered, seemingly painlessly

Tawatchai Prakobkit/EyeEm/Getty

A way of slaughtering chickens that is said to be painless and to reduce their distress is one step closer to being used in Europe. If approved, it has the potential to improve how 60 billion birds are killed for meat globally each year.

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