You’ve never heard people talk (or joke) about clubbing baby seals? Sounds like they’re getting beaten to death to me.
I didn’t mean suffering from the way in which they’re killed; I meant the miserable conditions they live in before they’re slaughtered.
Not everyone utilizes practices to minimize suffering during the slaughter. I’ve seen videos of raccoons being skinned alive instead of being killed first. I’m sure there are other animals that aren’t knocked unconscious or stunned prior to butchering.