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Pithing is also a procedure used in laboratories to immobilize a biological specimen, for instance a frog. A needle is inserted through the rear base of the skull and wiggled, destroying the brain. The specimen remains living due to vital functions continuing without cerebral control, allowing it to
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Pithing is viewed as a humane way of killing an animal that is going to be slaughtered or otherwise killed for disease control or humane reasons, for example an animal which is severely injured in an accident. When animals must be killed humanely on farms for disease control purposes or in an
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stunning. A pithing cane or rod is then inserted into the stunning hole and pushed to its full length; the rod then remains locked in the hole and is disposed of with the animal. Double pithing destroys the
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