Considerable, unacceptable stress (violent excitation, general agitation and convulsions).
‘CO2 stunning is more stressful than either properly applied electrical or captive bolt stunning’(Temple Grandin 1980).
Suffocation, strangulation and death to the animal before the cut; death was reported by Glen (1971).
Toxic effect of the gas on the blood and physiology.
It is definitely a cruel way for the animal and I would like to quote here also from FAWC (1984) when they discussed pain;‘It is doubtful whether the animal feels pain or is even conscious’. This method has been banned in Holland and many other European countries
3. Electrical Stunning could be to head and brain only or to head and back or to the legs, and there are three varieties:
