Dr. Lester Friedlander, DVM and former Chief USDA Inspector, told Congress in 2008 that the captive bolt used to slaughter horses is ineffective.

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The Sami are preparing corrals into which they will herd the reindeer, then slaughter them with a captive bolt gun shot to the head.

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U.S. horses slaughtered in Mexico (as well as Canada) for export to the EU are slaughtered at EU-approved plants using the same captive-bolt process that was used in the U.S. when slaughter houses still killed horses here.

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