What's a captive bolt pistol?

Its a gun that has a steel bolt, powered by compressed air or a blank
cartridge. The bolt is driven into the animal's brain, instantly
killing it.
Livestock are commonly killed by this manner, altho mad cow disease may
call for other means of euthanasia due to the possibility of brain
tissue emboli. The steel bolt does not fire 'out' of the gun, hence
the name "captive bolt" pistol. After being fired, the bolt is then
retracted back into the pistol.


A good description can be found on Temple Grandin's site:

www.grandin.com/humane/cap.bolt.tips.html

www.grandin.com/humane/captive.bolt.html

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Lethal dose of morphine for a cat

Group: rec.pets.cats.health+behav Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2004, 11:18pm
(EDT-3) From: (Marek=A0Williams)
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:40:29 -0400, (Luramao) dijo:
also heard a vet say, that this is the quickest, least traumatic way of
doing it. =A0 It is instantaneous and the animal doesnt see it coming.
I've heard that it can be difficult to find a "pet" vet who has a
captive bolt pistol tho. =A0 Has anybody ever had a pet put down this
way?

What is a captive bolt pistol?
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