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The abattoir in Baringo has been running for almost two years, slaughtering hundreds of donkeys a day to satisfy Chinese demand.
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Few River Forest residents would be happy to know their neighbors were operating an abattoir in the back yard.
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Livestock in those days arrived at Jefferson City's riverfront, whereupon the animals were driven to abattoirs dispersed citywide, thus allowing butchers to slaughter as needed and sell the fresh meat promptly to local clientele.
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And the Trumps have being doing business in this financial abattoir for years.
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Some of the beef from those abattoirs was found to have abscesses caused by a...
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To be fair, this is a problem built into the play, which like all of Shakespeare’s tragedies begins with astonishing rhetoric and ends as an abattoir.
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Traditionally, cattle fairs and markets allow the sale of animals headed to abattoirs to provide raw materials used in dozens of industries, including leather making, soap and fertilizer.
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In Butterton, Staffordshire, a villager mistook him for a journalist investigating a scandalous local abattoir.
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