Transporting deer to a slaughterhouse is challenging due to their wild nature, which is why they may be killed for meat production on farms. The law allows for the animals to be shot in the head with a firearm. Ideally, a well-aimed shot to the head should result in an instant death for the deer. When the deer reach slaughter age, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) inspects the living animals to approve them for slaughter and consumption. The shooting of the animals is not supervised. ^[13] In 2023 and 2024, Ongehoord used hidden cameras to film the shooting of red deer at the De Weerd farm on the Middendijk in Nijbroek. ^[14] Although deer farmers argue that deer slaughter is humane because the animals avoid transport stress, the footage from Ongehoord reveals a different story. Deer farmer Voortman drives his deer into the barn and then shuts the door. Edwin van der Cruijsen, chairman of the Association of Dutch Deer Farmers and owner of a large game farm in Mill, then begins shooting. Deer are flight animals, and shooting in the barn inevitably leads to severe stress and anxiety. The animals display intense reactions to the sound of the shots. They witness other deer around them falling dead or wounded. The deer panic and run through the barn, but there is no escape. Studies show that hunting deer in the wild is already stressful, but the images suggest that the "hunt" in the barn causes even more stress. ^[15] Not all deer die instantly after being shot. We observe a deer lying on the ground that raises its head minutes after being shot. Deer that survive a shot are killed by having their throats slit without prior stunning. The dead deer are then taken to the game dealer in Mill for further butchering and processing.