There is a lack of uniformity among State laws governing cattle slaughter.

No restrictions on cattle slaughter.

The meeting hall was down by the stockyards, so when the wind was right the pols were washed in the varied reeks of cattle slaughter.

In Manipur, cattle slaughter is restricted under a proclamation by the Maharaja in the Durbar Resolution of 1939.

Lately there has been a lot of interest in organic fertilizers, composed mainly of "tankage," which is the bone meal and anything else left over from cattle slaughter.

In Delhi, Goa, Puducherry, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh violation of State laws on cattle slaughter are both cognizable and non-bailable offences.

The review "confirms that our ongoing commitment to modernize inspection at cattle slaughter is on solid footing," said Lester Crawford, administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Faruk v. State of Madhya Pradesh, the Supreme Court has held that, "A total ban [on cattle slaughter] was not permissible if, under economic conditions, keeping useless bull or bullock be a burden on the society and therefore not in the public interest."

Various research papers on cattle slaughter collected by Compassion In World Farming mention that "after the throat is cut, large clots can form at the severed ends of the carotid arteries, leading to occlusion of the wound (or "ballooning" as it is known in the slaughtering trade).