Table 11.

Outcome table on ‘captive bolt stunning and killing’: hazards, welfare consequences and relevant welfare indicators; hazard origin and preventive and corrective measures

Hazard	Welfare consequence/s occurring to the rabbits due to the hazard	Hazard origin/s	Hazard origin specification	Preventive measure/s of hazards (implementation of SOP)	Corrective measure/s of the hazards
Manual restraint (see Section 3.6.1.5)	Pain, fear	Staff	Presentation of rabbits to the method is required	None	None
Incorrect shooting position (see Section 3.6.1.10)	Not dead, consciousness, pain, fear	Staff	Lack of skilled operators, operator fatigue, poor presentation of rabbits, wrong angle of shooting	Staff training and rotation, appropriate restraint of the rabbit	Kill in the correct position
Incorrect bolt parameters (see Section 3.6.1.11)	Not dead, consciousness, pain, fear	Staff, equipment	Lack of skilled operator, wrong choice of equipment, poor maintenance of the equipment, too narrow bolt diameter, shallow penetration, low bolt velocity	Staff training, ensuring equipment is fit for purpose,	None
Welfare indicators: signs of state of consciousness (conscious), signs of death (not dead), injuries (pain), vocalisations (pain fear), escape attempts (fear, pain, consciousness)