Slabs of beef for sale in Osaka, Japan

Beef for sale in Osaka, Japan in March 2015

The butcher shop in Rutherglen, Victoria

The butcher shop in Rutherglen, Victoria in December 2014

Vietnamese butcher - Tiem Thit Butcher - on Victoria Street, Richmond, Melbourne

Vietnamese butcher - Tiem Thit Butcher - on Victoria Street, Richmond, Melbourne in October 2013

Braidwood butcher

Butcher shop sign in Braidwood, NSW in September 2013

Butcher shop

The butcher section at the Victoria Street market in Melbourne in October 2013

Chinese butcher

A butcher in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong in September 2012

Scalping pigs

Women skinning pigs' heads at the meat market in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong in September 2012

The butcher

Man in front of his meat stall at the meat market in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong in September 2012

Street butcher

Butcher tying up meat in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012.