We've got to get rid of the yelling and screaming coming out of people's mouths. Fast-food chain McDonald's is doing everything it can to guarantee the final moments of cattle slaughtered to make its hamburgers are happy ones.
[thanks, World New York] Besides the obvious PR value:
"Humane handling results in better finished products," [American Meat Institute] President J. Patrick Boyle said. "It also creates a safer workplace, because there's a potential for worker injuries when animals are mishandled."
The second, more gruesome Modern Meat: A Brutal Harvest article is 'They Die Piece by Piece.'