What is Slaughterhouse?
{{Unsourced|date=August 2015}} [[File:Glebe Island - Abattoir, killing and dressing sheep c.1879 (Australian Town & Country Journal, 7 Jun 1879, p.32).jpg|thumb|Glebe Island - Abattoir, killing and dressing sheep c.1879 (Australian Town & Country Journal, 7 Jun 1879, p.32)]] A '''slaughterhouse''', also called by the [[French language|French]] word '''abattoir''', is a [[building]] where [[farm]] [[animal]]s are [[Killing|killed]] and turned into [[meat]]. The [[Animal|animals]] most often slaughtered for [[food]] are [[cattle]] (for [[beef]] and [[veal]]), [[Domestic sheep|sheep]] (for [[Mutton|lamb]] and [[mutton]]), [[pig]]s (for [[pork]]), [[fowl]] (including [[chicken]] and [[waterfowl]] such as [[duck]]s and [[goose|geese]]), and [[horse]]s (for horse meat). {{Meat}} [[Category:Agricultural buildings]] [[Category:Animal rights]] [[Category:Death]] {{food-stub}}