![]() ![]() ![]() Knackers were often also commissioned by the courts as public executioners. Since the Middle Ages, the occupation of "knacker man" was frequently considered a disreputable occupation. A knacker's yard or a knackery is different from a slaughterhouse or abattoir, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. ![]() The business deals with the disposal of animal carcasses from all over the north-east of Scotland.Ī knacker ( / ˈ n æ k ər/), knackerman or knacker man is a person who removes and clears animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and renders the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow ( yellow grease), glue, gelatin, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach and animal feed. Smoke discharging from incinerators at Douglasbrae Knackery, Scotland. ![]()
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