Chinese chef plucks newly slaughtered chicken to cook for restaurant customer at Bao Ding, near Chongqing, China

Foot and mouth, uk. Se england, essex. Bulldozers lifting corpses of foot and mouth disease infected cows, slaughtered at a farm in essex. March 2001

The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

An abandoned whaling boat with a harpoon on its bow at the old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

The old whaling station at Grytviken on South Georgia. In its 58 years of operation, it handled 53,761 slaughtered whales, producing 455,000 tons of whale oil and 192,000 tons of whale meat.

Tuvaluan men carrying a slaughtered pig from the sea after washing for a funeral feast on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

Tuvaluan men washing a slaughtered pig in the sea before a funeral feast on Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu, Pacific

Pigs slaughtered for a funeral feast on Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific

Pigs slaughtered for a funeral feast on Funafuti, Tuvalu, Pacific

Locally reared and slaughtered meat at Plumgarths farm shop in Kendal, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pig being tied up for home butchering, Eckental, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Jamalgan, woman of eagle hunter Bashakhan Spai, cleans the intestines and stomach of a slaughtered goat, Kisil Char, Olgii, Mongolia, Asia

A sheep is slaughtered and cooked for a celebration. A typical farm on the Suusamyr plain, a high valley in Tien Shan Mountains. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

A sheep is slaughtered and cooked for a celebration. A typical farm on the Suusamyr plain, a high valley in Tien Shan Mountains. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

A sheep is slaughtered and cooked for a celebration. A typical farm on the Suusamyr plain, a high valley in Tien Shan Mountains. Asia, central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

Pigs tied to bamboo sticks at the rante, the ceremonial site where the meat of slaughtered cattle will be distributed to the guests of a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Pigs tied to bamboo sticks at the rante, the ceremonial site where the meat of slaughtered cattle will be distributed to the guests of a Torajan funeral, in Sereale, Toraja Land, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan Animals slaughtered in the street for the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival.

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan Animals slaughtered in the street for the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival.

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan Animals slaughtered in the street for the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival.