Slaughterhouse facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

A slaughterhouse, also called by the French word abattoir, is a building where farm animals are killed and turned into meat. The animals most often slaughtered for food are cows (for beef and veal), sheep (for lamb and mutton), pigs (for pork), fowl (for chicken), and horses (for horsemeat).

Images for kids

In the slaughterhouse, Lovis Corinth, 1893.
The Smithfield Market in 1855, before it was reconstructed.
Part of the original construction of the Smithfield Market in 1868.
Blueprint for a mechanized public abattoir, designed by slaughterhouse reformer Benjamin Ward Richardson.
A slaughterhouse of Atria Oyj in Seinäjoki, Finland

See also

In Spanish: Matadero para niños

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