slaughterhouse

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“We don’t want a slaughterhouse in Los Angeles County.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

The story “After the Haiku Period,” about batty twin sisters who lay siege to a slaughterhouse, reprises the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The Union Stock Yards in Chicago, the most modern slaughterhouse of the era, opened on Christmas Day in 1865 and marked a turning point for industrial beef production.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

It said that livestock farmers, cheesemakers, slaughterhouse owners and feed suppliers had been informed about the new restrictions.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

He had never been in the slaughterhouse before, so he wasn’t sure where the kitchen was.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut