Rejected petition Ban the use of the word humane to describe the slaughter of farmed animals

I acknowledge that attempts are made to reduce an animals suffering prior to their slaughter but to suggest that shooting animals in the head with bolt guns or gassing them to death are acts of compassion or benevolence is ludicrous.

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humane
/hjʊˈmeɪn/

adjective
adjective: humane; comparative adjective: humaner; superlative adjective: humanest
1.
having or showing compassion or benevolence.

slaughter
/ˈslɔːtə/

verb
kill (animals) for food.

kill1
/kɪl/

verb
1.
cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

https://www.hsa.org.uk/

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Date submitted 27 September 2019
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