The number of fishes is not known because they are weighed, and small fishes are thrown back dead into the sea, because it is illegal to land them.
Anglers catch an additional number of fish, and an unknown number of birds and rabbits are shot.
Methods of Slaughter Farm animals are stunned by electricity or percussion, and killed by cutting the blood vessels in the neck, causing exsanguination. The halal and shechita method, used by Moslems and Jews, involves cutting the neck without stunning the animals. Shooting may be at close quarters, e.g. of horses, or from a distance, e.g. birds and rabbits. Trapping, snaring and hunting are rarely used in Britain for animals which are to be eaten. Two Kinds of Stunning Most animals in Britain are stunned.