Are All You Animal Lovers Aware

[lankeela]

just how your meat is slaughtered? Only Morrisons of the big supermarkets actually label their Halal meat - all the others supply it without labelling! Animals are stunned but then recover before having a prayer said over them and their throats slit and bleed to death.

[boxtops]

Already under discussion, lankeela http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Society-and-Culture/Religion-and-Spirituality/Question1335049.html

[redman41]

Yes lankeela, none of us can be 100% sure of how the Animals are slaughtered, unfortunately

[ummmm]

Is that true for every abattoir though?

I was watching a programme where the prayer was on loud speaker so didn't slow down the process of slaughter.

[boxtops]

I don't like any method of animal slaughter, but it doesn't stop me eating the meat.

[wolf63]

I don't know if this is of any help, its from the Vet Q&A page in the Telegraph ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/pets/10815779/Pet-subjects-how-long-do-snakes-survive.html )


BVA launches petition to end non-stun slaughter

The British Veterinary Association (BVA), with the support of the RSPCA, has launched a government e-petition to end non-stun slaughter (bit.ly/stunB4slaughter). Current animal welfare legislation requires all animals to be stunned before slaughter with exceptions for certain religious communities: Dhabihah slaughter for Halal food and Shechita slaughter for Kosher food. The BVA hopes to get 100,000 signatures to the e-petition, aiming for a debate in the House of Commons.

[viv38]

It worries me to death that it will all be halal in the not too distant future. Was it Denmark who banned halal meat saying animals are not religious? We should follow suit.

[tamborine]

Most livestock & poultry IS humanely killed!

"....Non stunning is a closer method to Sharia, however it does have an increased margin of error.This method has been prescribed by the religion and Sunnah (Actions and sayings of the Blessed Prophet PBUH), however it must be understood,  this would have been for single units of meat or chicken. Not for 300,000 birds a week and 9,000 birds per hour, this is typical figure of single factory’s quantity...."

http://halalfocus.net/uk-sharia-halal-board-committed-to-providing-100-halal/

[Arksided]

I love animals , I often take care of a lot of them. Being an Omnivore I do love to eat meat however and would prefer they died Humanely as possible. I have watched programmes such as 'Grace to the platter' and feel sorry for the way they're treated.

However a little apple sauce and lamb chops goes down great. (Less apple sauce I'm not a snob)

[Zeuhl]

/and their throats slit and bleed to death./

lankeela

I share your sentiments

but if you think an animal with its throat slit 'bleeds to death'

you really haven't thought it through

:-)