Patent ID: 8870636

Claim:
A mobile abattoir system comprising: an animal containment enclosure adapted to house a plurality of animals and generally defining a flow path for the plurality of animals; the flow path selectively interconnectable to a mobile abattoir unit; the mobile abattoir unit comprising: an enclosure for receiving, securing, and knocking a single animal; an overhead conveyor for receiving and conveying an animal carcass produced by knocking; a hide puller unit for removing at least a portion of a hide of the carcass, and a point of egress from the mobile abattoir unit for a removed hide, located proximal to the hide puller; the mobile abattoir unit selectively connected to a second mobile facility, the second mobile facility comprising at least one of: refrigerated storage, a cutting station, an evisceration station, a wash station, an overhead conveyor, and a water purification unit.