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# Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Yale Agrarian Studies Series) Paperback – March 29, 2013

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great book on commercial meat production
  

*by K***E on Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024*

Couldn't put this book down. I've always loved everything from the Yale Agrarian series but this book was incredibly illuminating - I don't have the courage to go directly into a slaughterhouse, but reading this book helped me understand how awful this industry is. An insightful read for vegans and meat eaters alike.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A very readable, insightful explanation of how industrialized slaughter really works
  

*by 1***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2014*

It starts out a bit dry and technical, but stay with it-- this true account of one man's experience in a typical large-scale (~2500 per day) cattle slaughterhouse and "processing" facility is insightful on many levels.  It gives a very detailed account of exactly how these operations work, but for me what was the most eye-opening insights were those related to how complex the conflicts of interest are, and how they in turn make it impossible for either the USDA or the slaughterhouse workers to adequately monitor the quality of the "product" and the way the animals are treated.  In addition, he infused his perspective with compassion for the people who work there, in addition to compassion for the animals.  The way the reality of what is happening there has to be concealed even from the people who work there (by designing the building with lots of concealing walls, turns, etc) underscores how much that ignorance is required in order for people to do their jobs.  The mental "compartmentalizing" of what they are doing reminds me of the same coping technique used by people working in the Nazi concentration camps.  People do things they would never normally do when they mentally compartmentalize it and remove their focus from the suffering of the person or animal in front of them.  It made it even more clear to me that the market for animal products must vanish in order for this insidious factory farming machine to come to a stop.  And this books helps the reader take the step of SEEING and KNOWING that is essential in order for pity, mercy and compassion to follow.  May pity, mercy, and compassion truly follow for everyone who reads this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Must Know Info for Every Beef Eater
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012*

There are a few thoughts that I have that should cause all business leaders, consumers and workers to reflect.First, what have we created in a culture that puts the most value on the lowest price? $8 per hour employees work in difficult conditions doing work, slaughtering a cow every 12 seconds, that most of us would not consider.Second, how far do we allow special interests to control legislative initiatives specifically and the government in general? Reading about the USDA's role and the perpetual chess game between the slaughterhouse managers and federal inspectors, it seems to me that investigative work like this book is one of the few tools that we have to shine a light on the things that happen on the kill floor. Iowa's and Florida's legislative proposals that would make this book and other communication (e.g., video, pictures) describing ag practices criminal acts are disturbing.I didn't enjoy the book. How can anyone enjoy graphic descriptions of the knocking box process and cutters? I learned a lot, though, and so will you. Use this book as a way to see through the cement walls of the industrialized killing machine and understand how your consumer behavior fuels it.

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