From: Janine Starykowicz
To: againstslaughter@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [againstslaughter] Re: Sep, 2000 article from Western Horseman Magazine by Kasie McGee

----- Original Message -----
From: "txlonghornlady" <txlonghornlady@yahoo.com>
 
> It is my understanding that captive bolt guns were designed for
> cattle, not horses, and the anatomy of a cows skull is somehow
> different.
Warning, these are clinical but fairly graphic.
 
Don't know who it was originally designed for, but it is used on all animals.  Here are some links:
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/lacs/HumaneEuthanasia/gun.htm
http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/lacs/HumaneEuthanasia/anat.htm
 
Interesting, this one says only the penetrating captive bolt is conditionally acceptable:
http://www.ahsc.arizona.edu/uac/iacuc/rodents/avma.htm
 
2000 version, no longer conditional:
http://www.fauvet.fau.edu/oacm/VetData/Euthspe.htm
 
Euthanasia methods:
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vetext/INF-AN/INF-AN_EMERGEUTH-HORSES.HTML
 
Janine Starykowicz
East Chicago, Indiana