The Welfare of Animals (Slaughter or Killing) Regulations 1995

Methods of killing animals

13.  No person shall kill, or cause or permit to be killed, any animal except by one of the following methods—

(a)free bullet;

(b)electrocution;

(c)for birds only, decapitation or dislocation of the neck; or

(d)exposure of pigs and birds to gas mixtures in accordance with Schedule 7.