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A method and apparatus for killing fowl by passing a cutting member through the head of the fowl from ear to ear, whereby both the internal and external jugular veins are severed on each side. A suitable fowl slaughtering device comprises an air powered piston in a cylinder having a lateral externally mounted rigid connecting member attached to a stripper plate and an anvil member. A rigid piston rod slidably extends through a hole in the cylinder head, and a cutting member is detachedly secured to the end of the piston rod. The cutting member includes a hole proximately located in the side thereof and has a sharpened distal end which is slidably mounted in the stripper plate. In operation, the head of the fowl to be slaughtered is held between the stripper plate and anvil, and the ears lined up with the cutting member. Actuating the piston forces the cutting member through the head from ear to ear, severing both jugular veins at each side, thereby causing profuse bleeding and rapid death. Tissue which is lodged in the cutting member from the prior slaughter is forced out through a hole on the side thereof as the cutting member strikes the anvil, thereby avoiding the need for cleaning after each use.
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