STUNNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STUNNING AN ANIMAL TO BE SLAUGHTERED IN AN ANIMAL-FRIENDLY AND INEXPENSIVE MANNER

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The invention relates to a stunning facility (10) for two-stage stunning a slaughter animal (12) by means of a pre-stunning gas (14) and a final stunning gas (16), comprising a stunning channel (18) comprising an entrance opening (20) and an exit opening (22) for providing a gas atmosphere which stuns the slaughter animal (12), a conveying device (46) passing through the stunning channel (18) for conveying the slaughter animal (12) through the stunning channel (18) in a transport direction (48) from the entrance opening (20) to the exit opening (22), a pre-stunning gas supply (28) for supplying the pre-stunning gas (14) into the stunning channel (18), a final stunning gas supply (32) for supplying the final stunning gas (16) into the stunning channel (18), a gas discharge (36) disposed in the transport direction (48) between the pre-stunning gas supply (28) and the final stunning gas supply (32) for discharging the gas atmosphere from the stunning channel (18), and a recovery system (44) connected to the gas discharge (36) for the pre-stunning gas (14) and/or the final stunning gas (16). The invention further relates to a method for stunning a slaughter animal (12) by use of the above stunning facility (10).

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BERND-TÖNNIES-STIFTUNG C/O GÖKE & PARTNERBIELEFELD

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TÖNNIES, Robert Bielefeld, DE 1 0

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