Actually, I did work in a slaughterhouse , briefly, and it wasn't pretty. I never saw an animal made to syffer, but, I still couldn't take it. Did you ever read The Jungle? It was an expose' of the meat packing industry at the turn of the century. There is no question that the animals that are unlucky enough to taste good have a rough go of it, but, it still does not justify the NEEDLESS cruelty to foxes.