Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 603.065 (2026)

Slaughter methods

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      603.065 Slaughter methods. (1) Cattle, equines, sheep or swine shall be slaughtered by a licensee and handled in connection with slaughter, by any method which:

      (a) Renders each such animal insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or by an electrical, chemical or other means that is rapid and effective, before the animal is shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut; or

      (b) Is in accordance with the ritual requirements of any religious faith that prescribes a method of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of consciousness by anemia of the brain caused by the simultaneous and instantaneous severance of the carotid arteries with a sharp instrument.

      (2) No licensee engaged in the slaughter of animals described in subsection (1) of this section shall slaughter by any method other than therein described, nor shall shackle, hoist, or otherwise bring such animals not previously rendered insensible to pain in accordance with subsection (1) of this section into position for slaughter by any method which shall cause injury or pain. [1973 c.175 §11]

      603.070 [Amended by 1955 c.724 §9; repealed by 1969 c.565 §48]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2013–2014 · leading case: State v. Fessenden / Dicke, 333 P.3d 278 (Or. 2014).
State v. Fessenden / Dicke, 333 P.3d 278 (Or. 2014). “ORS 603.065 states the methods of slaughter that are permissible in Oregon, requiring that animals be slaughtered only by licensees and by methods that render the animals “insensible to pain” or unconscious.”
State v. Fessenden, 310 P.3d 1163 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “, ORS 603.065(l)(a) (cattle, equine, sheep, and swine may be slaughtered by any method that “ [r] enders each such animal insensible to pain” by a method “that is rapid and effective”).”
State v. Fessenden / Dicke (Or. 2014). “ORS 603.065 states the methods of slaughter that are permissible in Oregon, requiring that animals be slaughtered only by licensees and by methods that render the animals “insensible to pain” or unconscious.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 603.065(l)(a) — 1 case
State v. Fessenden, 310 P.3d 1163 (Or. Ct. App. 2013). “, ORS 603.065(l)(a) (cattle, equine, sheep, and swine may be slaughtered by any method that “ [r] enders each such animal insensible to pain” by a method “that is rapid and effective”).”
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