[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.]
Sin,—It is to be hoped that the Slaughter Bill presented to Parliament by Col. Moore, and which comes up for second reading on March 31st, will get on the Statute Book. In his letter which you published on February 24th, Col. Moore has, however, not stated the great virtue of his Bill, in that, as now drawn (November 25th, 1932), pigs are not excluded, as was originally the case, and is the case in the Scottish Act of 1928. This advance has become feasible by the advent of the electric stupefaction process.
As this process has so entirely changed the position, and has removed the objection of bacon curers to departure from the method of sticking pigs while conscious, it is strange that Col. Moore makes no reference to it in his letter, but writes only of the Humane Killer," by which term the mechanical felling pistols are known. The importance of the advent of this process is added to when we consider the expected increase in the home output of bacon. I feel sure support for the Bill would be obtained most widely if you, Sir, would publish an informative statement of its main provisions, and as to the humanitarian and practical advan- tages which this electric stupefaction process provides.—
I am, Sir, &c., J. S. DOUGLAS. 5 Trinity Gardens, Folkestone.
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