Still, some ways are more humane than others: There's the grandmother who whispers a quiet prayer before killing the bird that it will come back as the son or daughter of a wealthy family. And some people are switching over to slaughter by electrocution to reduce the pain suffered by the creatures.
然而，老祖母殺雞前低聲禱念雞鴨來世生為富家兒女，孔子因而遠庖廚，屠宰業由人力改為電宰，減輕牲畜的痛苦，也是在存心上儘量以人道的方式來對待他們。