slaughtered

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About half of the cattle slaughtered at JBS’s Pennsylvania plant were trucked long distances, including from Iowa and Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

During that period of turmoil, hunters slaughtered every rhino in Kidepo and across Uganda's other national parks, which had once supported around 700 of the massive animals, the Reuters news agency reports.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

More than 120,000 eagles were slaughtered over the course of Alaska’s bounty system alone.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

“What were we supposed to do? Watch them get slaughtered and be silent?” said Muwaffaq Tarif, the spiritual chieftain of the 150,000-strong Druze community in Israel.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

But he grew ill at the sight of blood, and wept to see even a chicken slaughtered.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin