{"data":{"id":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-3132","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"6 V.S.A. § 3132","heading":"Prohibition","body":"No slaughterer, packer, or stockyard operator may bleed or slaughter livestock except by a humane method. The use of a manually operated hammer, sledge, poleax, or similar instrument is not a humane method within the meaning of this chapter.","path":["Title 6: Agriculture","Chapter 201: Humane Slaughter of Livestock"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/06/201/03132","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:11:51Z","sha256":"037b1138c6e29cea677114440942da5ec5e41d7d837cdd4a1ef4b9583782bc05","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-3131","next":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-3133"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}