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DESCRIPTION:Following the successes of the elaborate anti-rinderpest campai
 gn and the consequent growth in cattle production in colonial Nigeria\, Br
 itish administrators\, animal welfare advocates\, and imperialist companie
 s became keenly interested in reforming the colony’s slaughter system. T
 hey sought to replace the orthodox bleed-out system\, which they disparage
 d as ‘barbarous’ and ‘gruesome’\, with a “more humane” slaught
 er method in line with the ideals of colonial humanitarianism and modernit
 y. This campaign was not unconnected with the “humane movement” which 
 was gaining currency in imperial Britain and the US around that time. To t
 he colonizers\, the problem would be fixed simply by introducing and mains
 treaming throughout the colony’s abattoirs a technology known as the “
 humane killer”—a captive bolt pistol to be used in cattle slaughter\, 
 and an electric stunner for goats and sheep. Interestingly however\, the i
 nitiative pitched the colonial agents against the Islamic political leader
 ship of Northern Nigeria. The affair spurned elaborate ideological debates
  that complicate ideas of animal welfare and ontology\, colonial humanenes
 s\, Islamic jurisprudence\, as well as colonial politics and resistance. T
 he imbroglio reverberated beyond colonial Nigeria\, involving not just the
  Colonial Office in London\, but also several transimperial jurisdictions 
 across British Africa and Asia. On the strength of rich archival sources\,
  this paper critically examines the humane killer question in late-colonia
 l Nigeria. The account demonstrates how dying cattle and small ruminants c
 ame to occupy the front burner of imperial politics pitting British coloni
 al modernity with Islamic ethos.
DTSTAMP:20260412T123919Z
LOCATION:Room 304 PC Desk (Seats 36)
SUMMARY:Globalizing Colonial Compassion: British Colonizers and a “More H
 umane” Slaughter Method in Nigeria - Seun Williams
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/RDRH3H/
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