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[[File:Thomas Rowlandson - A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart.jpg|thumb|"A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart", drawing by [[Thomas Rowlandson (nonfiction)|Thomas Rowlandson]] (1756–1827).]]A '''knacker''' (/ˈnækər/), '''knackerman''', or '''knacker man''', is a job title used for the centuries-old trade of persons responsible in a certain district for the removal and clearing of animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and rendering the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach and animal feed. A knacker's yard or a knackery is different from a slaughterhouse or abattoir, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Since the Middle Ages, the age-old occupation of "knacker man" was frequently considered a disreputable occupation, and subsidiary to their occupation were often also commissioned by the courts as public executioners. In most countries, knackery premises are government licensed and regulated by law. | [[File:Thomas Rowlandson - A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart.jpg|thumb|"A Dead Horse on a Knacker's Cart", drawing by [[Thomas Rowlandson (nonfiction)|Thomas Rowlandson]] (1756–1827).]]A '''knacker''' (/ˈnækər/), '''knackerman''', or '''knacker man''', is a job title used for the centuries-old trade of persons responsible in a certain district for the removal and clearing of animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and rendering the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach, and animal feed. A knacker's yard or a knackery is different from a slaughterhouse or abattoir, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Since the Middle Ages, the age-old occupation of "knacker man" was frequently considered a disreputable occupation, and subsidiary to their occupation were often also commissioned by the courts as public executioners. In most countries, knackery premises are government licensed and regulated by law. | ||
A horse carcass for instance, rendered, has had many uses since ancient times. In the United States, the meat could be used as food at a mink ranch, pig farm, fox farm, or greyhound race track, in pet food, or in zoos. Bones are ground up for bone meal fertiliser. Hides are made into leather or, along with joints and hooves, processed to make the by-product animal glue for the furniture and bookbinding trades (hence the idea of old horses being sent to the glue factory). | A horse carcass for instance, rendered, has had many uses since ancient times. In the United States, the meat could be used as food at a mink ranch, pig farm, fox farm, or greyhound race track, in pet food, or in zoos. Bones are ground up for bone meal fertiliser. Hides are made into leather or, along with joints and hooves, processed to make the by-product animal glue for the furniture and bookbinding trades (hence the idea of old horses being sent to the glue factory). | ||
In most countries, farmers and other animal establishments are also legally obliged according to local pollution and/or agricultural health laws, to account for the circumstances of any livestock or animal death and their subsequent proper disposal—hence the use of a licensed knackery. This includes the proper disposal of stillborn animals, and the afterbirth from either live-born or stillborn. This ensures they do not enter the food chain for human consumption through unscrupulous practices or cause environmental pollution or contamination (biological hazard). | In most countries, farmers and other animal establishments are also legally obliged according to local pollution and/or agricultural health laws, to account for the circumstances of any livestock or animal death and their subsequent proper disposal—hence the use of a licensed knackery. This includes the proper disposal of stillborn animals, and the afterbirth from either live-born or stillborn. This ensures they do not enter the food chain for human consumption through unscrupulous practices or cause environmental pollution or contamination (biological hazard). | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knacker Knacker] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://www.facebook.com/VintageFunny/photos/a.581050522088255/1103851916474777 Comment by Karl Jones] @ Facebook | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:49, 27 November 2019
A knacker (/ˈnækər/), knackerman, or knacker man, is a job title used for the centuries-old trade of persons responsible in a certain district for the removal and clearing of animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and rendering the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach, and animal feed. A knacker's yard or a knackery is different from a slaughterhouse or abattoir, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Since the Middle Ages, the age-old occupation of "knacker man" was frequently considered a disreputable occupation, and subsidiary to their occupation were often also commissioned by the courts as public executioners. In most countries, knackery premises are government licensed and regulated by law.
A horse carcass for instance, rendered, has had many uses since ancient times. In the United States, the meat could be used as food at a mink ranch, pig farm, fox farm, or greyhound race track, in pet food, or in zoos. Bones are ground up for bone meal fertiliser. Hides are made into leather or, along with joints and hooves, processed to make the by-product animal glue for the furniture and bookbinding trades (hence the idea of old horses being sent to the glue factory).
In most countries, farmers and other animal establishments are also legally obliged according to local pollution and/or agricultural health laws, to account for the circumstances of any livestock or animal death and their subsequent proper disposal—hence the use of a licensed knackery. This includes the proper disposal of stillborn animals, and the afterbirth from either live-born or stillborn. This ensures they do not enter the food chain for human consumption through unscrupulous practices or cause environmental pollution or contamination (biological hazard).
- Knacker @ Wikipedia
- Comment by Karl Jones @ Facebook