Butler worked at Tyson’s Grannis slaughter plant in Arkansas for many years. He was known as “the best chicken killer in the state.” In an interview with Satya magazine, he described his job, When I first started killing, it really bothered me. It bothered me because the chickens were hanging there in those shackles, helpless, and couldn’t run away. . . . And it really bothered me when I missed one and heard the poor bird go through the scalder alive, thrashing and bumping against the sides of it as it slowly died. I worked to become really good at killing so that I wouldn’t miss
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