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The slaughtering floor is a simple concrete platform with lots of water available, as well as a hot water kettle.

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Once the pig is shaved, then the cutting up can begin.

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The pig carcass is doused with hot water to prepare the skin hair for shaving.

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All of the pig's hair is removed by shaving, including at the head and face, since this part of the pig is eventually prepared for banquets.

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A couple of pigs head out to pasture.

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On the main street in Linh Trung ward of the rural Thu Duc District of Ho Chi Minh City, we came across this pig farm slaughtering floor.

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The pigs are kept in the barn when not out on the range in the background. The parts of first pig...

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All of the inner organs are harvested for sale as edible food, with the possible exception of the large intestines.

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After the lower parts are removed below the diaphragm, then the upper parts are harvested for sale.

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The pig is restrained and then a prod is stuck in an ear and a high-voltage electric current kills the pig rather quickly.

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The pig is cut through to harvest the organs.

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Harvesting begins with the lower organs below the diaphragm.

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The pig's head is removed for eventual cooking as part of a banquet table centerpiece.

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An incision is made in the pig's neck and the blood is quickly drained into a bowl. The blood is saved and sold in the market.

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