From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 2011:

Decompression–now the AHA-approved way to kill chickens

Just a quick note to let you know I’m
reading some of the literature on decompression
of poultry, as endorsed in September 2010 by the
American Humane Association.
It seems from what I’ve read that the
main case Yvonne Vizzier-Thaxton et al are making
for the Low Atmospheric Pressure System’s
“humaneness” to chickens is the rate of
decompression. If the rate is slowed down to
what they are using in the experiments, the time
it takes for the birds to go limp and appear
insensible is said to be about four minutes.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  January/February 2011:

Letters

Bushmeat poaching

Merritt Clifton’s article “Looking the wrong way for causes of bushmeat poaching & predator loss,”  which appeared in the September 2010 issue of ANIMAL PEOPLE,  was nothing short of brilliant.  The scope,  coverage and details of the subject were superb. My fervent admiration to you.

–Lionel Friedberg
Woodland Hills,  California

Editor’s note:
Born in South Africa, later working from Zambia,  Canada, and the U.S.,  Lionel Friedberg has produced documentaries and television broadcasts, often about animals,  for nearly 50 years. He is also author of a history of apartheid and colonialism in Africa. Read more