Altfish
Veteran Member
This was posted in an Abrahamic Religion DIR thread by #Shaul - I thought it needed a wider audience.
The EU Court has upheld a Belgian law which requires an animal be stunned before being slaughtered. Such stunning violates the rules of kosher and halal slaughter.
EU court upholds Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter
Not mentioned in the article, such stunning of the animal is NOT more humane. The stunned animal experiences more pain that way according to Jewish experts, not less.
The EU Court has upheld a Belgian law which requires an animal be stunned before being slaughtered. Such stunning violates the rules of kosher and halal slaughter.
EU court upholds Belgian ban on kosher ritual slaughter
Not mentioned in the article, such stunning of the animal is NOT more humane. The stunned animal experiences more pain that way according to Jewish experts, not less.