slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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That includes not only poultry and cattle farmers and workers, but also those who work in slaughterhouses, people who have backyard flocks, veterinarians and veterinary staff, and others who work in animal and public health.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2024
On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked state health departments to work on distributing personal protective equipment to dairy and poultry farms, as well as slaughterhouses.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 8 May 2024
Tennessee company fined nearly $650K for illegally hiring minors to clean slaughterhouses.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
One day after winning a Best Actor Academy Award for Joker in February 2020, Joaquin Phoenix, with help from LA Animal Save, rescued Liberty and her calf, Indigo, from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
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Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2024
On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked state health departments to work on distributing personal protective equipment to dairy and poultry farms, as well as slaughterhouses.
—Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 8 May 2024
Tennessee company fined nearly $650K for illegally hiring minors to clean slaughterhouses.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
One day after winning a Best Actor Academy Award for Joker in February 2020, Joaquin Phoenix, with help from LA Animal Save, rescued Liberty and her calf, Indigo, from a Los Angeles slaughterhouse.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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