Disemboweling tool and methods for disemboweling an animal

Abstract

A tool usable for disemboweling fowl or other game animals includes a handle, a shank extending from the handle and a plurality of barbs extending radially from the shank. The plurality of barbs can be located on fins extending radially from the shank or arranged in columns extending the length of the shank. Each fin or column includes multiple barbs of a first size and/or shape and multiple barbs of a second size and/or shape. In general, the tool is shaped to be easily insertable and advanceable into the cloaca of a fowl or other game animal and to readily engage a portion of the gastrointestinal tract of the animal, such that, when retracted, the tool will remove at least a portion of the gastrointestinal tract of the animal and may remove other desired internal organs of the animal.

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