Around 250 farms in Switzerland prefer to kill their livestock on the farm rather than taking them to the abattoir. Farmers prefer this method, which they consider less stressful for the animals despite its complexity. Since 2020, on-farm or on-pasture slaughtering has been authorised in Switzerland, and this has led to the development of a niche market. The Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), based in Frick (AG), estimates that 250 farms kill their livestock on the farm. On-farm slaughtering has seen the emergence of various service providers in recent years. These people take care, for example, of stunning, bleeding and transporting the animal's carcass to the abattoir. + Why Swiss farmers are rising in protest Familiar surroundings On the day of slaughter, the cattle are taken to a feed fence, a device installed in front of a trough to restrict their movements when eating. Once immobilised, the animal is stunned with a captive bolt gun. The pigs receive an ...
