Backyard Aquaponics
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Will it still stink of death?
I do like your idea though. transport costs alone would be much less... easier to ship a truckload of beef than a truckload of cattle. you can fit it much more compactly.

Still say theres a few ap systems that could do the job they have a 100% kill rate so far

In smaller countries you may get it to pay, but in Australia the cost of the diesel alone would drive you out of the market. Good idea though.. It would certainly be more Humane than the current slaughter houses.

H

The Japanese whaling fleet thinks so also .....

Himzol, per weight, I'm sure I could fit more cows into a smaller truck, AFTER they've been slaughtered. Thereby using LESS fuel, wouldn't you think?

In the bush we like to stop the ute and shoot one animal in the open. Once they are used to you and can't see it coming. It's a bigger job getting them back to the shed but they are never stressed. Doing a larger number will add to the stress but the idea of mobile slaughterhouses is not a bad idea. Pity your not allowed to use silencers on rifles anymore.

get around silencers by regularly shooting vermin... they'll get used to the sound.
Other option is to take up skeet, heaps of fun and damn noisy.

there is a lot of info on mobile slaughterhouses available on the net

frank

We get them here in WA..used for sheep on small hobby farms .............( but I thought this link was about killing Fish easily , efficently an without trauma and mess )

Quite right jessy.

Back on topic.. I like KP's idea of the car/truck exhaust.. But has anybody checked with a Vet to see what they might recomend?

H.

how about a mobile slaughterhouse/processing plant especially for fish?

I believe that to be compatible with the thread's subject
and with the forum's general lines of thought

but if you prefer we can move mobile slaughterhouses/processing plants to a new thread
I have no problem with that

frank

That could have been a good suggestion pryor to 1986, Since then with catalatic converters on cars carbon monoxide is convert to Nitrates of oxide, cardon dioxide and 2 other major gasses ( I think sulphides and oxygen) also hydrocarbons , there should be no carbon monoxide coming from exhasts, ( not saying what comes out of a cars exhaust won't kill you)

Cheers
Ron

the other issue with using car exhaust, is that most of our group's vehicles are diesel

Forgive the ignorance Jaymie, but what does a diesel car output?
Also... if catalytic converters put out heaps of CO2, this would work too

I don't know? Stinky smoke? I was told it wouldn't work for diesel engines only petrol ones