day period is an immense task requiring highly sophisticated facilities and substantial resources. In 2001, Saudi Arabia built the world's biggest slaughterhouse in Mina at a cost of SR470 million ($125 million). This state-of-the-art facility sprawling over a 500,000 sq. meter area is able to slaughter 200,000 sheep a day utilizing some 10,000 workers. They work in two 12-hour shifts.
