After a metal bolt is shot through their brains, cows are hung upside-down by their back legs and moved down the slaughter line to the throat-cutter. The bolt often misses its mark, leaving these cows conscious and able to feel pain when their throats are cut. The Washington Post details the difficulty of stunning cattle effectively to prevent them from being skinned and dismembered alive: "An effective stunning requires a precision shot, which workers must deliver hundreds of times daily to balky, frightened animals that frequently weigh 1,000 pounds or more. Within 12 seconds of entering the chamber, the fallen steer is shackled to a moving chain to be bled and butchered by other workers in a fast-moving production line."
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