title: Slaughter
text: # Slaughter
  
  Slaughter may refer to:
  
  ## Animals
  
  * Animal slaughter, the killing of animals for various purposes
     * Ritual slaughter, the practice of slaughtering livestock in a ritual manner
        * Dhabihah, the prescribed method of ritual slaughter of animals excluding camels, locusts, fish and most sea life in Islamic law
        * Shechita, the ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws
  
  ## Murder
  
  * Murder
     * Manslaughter
     * Massacre
     * Mass murder
  
  ## People
  
  * Slaughter (surname)
  * Sgt. Slaughter (born 1948), stage name of Robert Rudolph Remus, a pro wrestler
  
  ## Places
  
  * Lower Slaughter, in Gloucestershire, England
  * Upper Slaughter, also in Gloucestershire
  * Slaughter, Louisiana, United States
  * Slaughter, Washington, United States renamed Auburn, Washington February 21, 1893
  * Slaughter Lane, a former name of Brewer Street, Oxford, England
  
  ## Entertainment
  
  ### Film
  
  * Slaughter (1972 film), a 1972 film starring Jim Brown and Stella Stevens
  * Snuff (film), originally titled Slaughter in 1972, retitled for its wider 1976 release
  * Slaughter (2009 film), a 2009 film from After Dark Films
  
  ### Music
  
  * Slaughter (band), an American hard rock band
  * Slaughter (Canadian band), a Canadian thrash metal band
  * "Slaughter" (song), Billy Preston's theme song to the 1972 film of the same name
  * Slaughter (album), a 2015 album by Young Wicked
  * The Slaughter, an album by American heavy metal band Incite
  * Slaughter & the Dogs, a British punk band
  * Slaughterhouse (group), an American hip hop group
  
  ## Other
  
  * Chicago Slaughter, professional indoor football team
  * Slaughter and May, a City of London law firm
  * Slátur, an Icelandic food like haggis or blood pudding
  