Illinois Code § 510 ILCS 75/3

No slaughterer or packer shall bleed or slaughter any livestock
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except by a humane method. The following methods are in all instances
prohibited:

 
(a) Use of a manually operated hammer, sledge or pole-ax as a means of
slaughtering any animal or of rendering any animal unconscious in
preparation for slaughter.

 
(b) Shackling and hoisting or hanging any animal while such animal is
conscious, in the positioning of such animal for slaughter.

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