Until death do they part: Loving and killing in Swiss on-farm slaughter
研究瑞士商业牛肉生产中,农民如何在农场屠宰中兼顾责任与情感,通过承诺照料至最后一刻来确保动物无压力死亡,并将死亡视为生命循环的一部分,这对农业教育和农民情感管理有启示。
• Farmers seek to combine responsibility and affection in commercial beef production. • On-farm slaughter provides a form of emotion labor for farmers. • A farmer's pledge of care and control until the last breath ensures a stress-free death. • Death in slaughter is no taboo but part of the circle of life. • Farmer-cattle relations facilitate agricultural education.