by Audrey Kali | Aug 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Early on Tuesday morning, August 7th, we accompanied Terri Lawton as she transported three calves and a steer to a slaughterhouse out of state. It was about a 50-minute drive. It was fascinating to watch Terri and her father set up a gated pathway from the barn to... 
by Audrey Kali | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
We visited Eric Shelley and his family on his farm in Cobleskill, New York, on July 14th 2012. We wanted to learn more about what he does when he is not teaching students about humane slaughter, cutting and packing. On this very hot July Saturday, the main task... 
by Audrey Kali | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Perhaps the ultimate metamorphosis is for an animal to go from being a living being to being a sausage. Nothing about a sausage looks like flesh or bone. But Eric Shelley tells us that “we can’t stop thinking about the fact that this was once a living... 
by Audrey Kali | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
David and I visited Eric Shelley at the SUNY Cobleskill Meat Lab again today and learned more about humane slaughter. He spent a lot of time explaining to his students how to determine if a stun has been done correctly and if an animal has lost consciousness. We had... 
by Audrey Kali | Jun 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week I was invited to give a presentation about my research on humane slaughter at The Rhetoric of Human-Animal Relations Workshop at the University of Oslo, May 29th – 30th 2012. The workshop, organized by Kristian Bjørkdahl, was sponsored by the... 
by Audrey Kali | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, April 3rd, in the Brant Gallery of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, we had our first public work-in-progress screening of Abattoir Rising: The Missing Link Between Pasture and Plate. We started the 26-minute Work Sample at 6:30pm, and...