In Judaism, shechita is ritual slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut. One who practices this, a kosher butcher, is called a shochet.
A 15th-century depiction of shechita and bedikah
Slaughtering poultry according to religious rules, Shalom Koboshvili, 1940
Shechita permit from Rome, 1762. Today in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland's collection.
Shechita slaughter of a chicken