Category: Ritual Slaughter

The Dutch government said it will appoint a commission to study new tightened rules for ritual slaughter to satisfy animal rights activists without infringing on  Jewish and Muslim traditions.

Before voting in January, the Senate will review a compromise offer by Henk Bleker, state secretary for agriculture.

Ha’aretz (Israel), May 15, 2003 http://www.haaretzdaily.com/ By Haaretz Service The British government will next month discuss a total ban on Jewish and Muslim ritual slaughter in a move set to anger thousands, the Times of London reported Thursday. Under European Union animal welfare regulations, all farm animals must be stunned before slaughter, unless they are killed by religious methods, the paper said. According to Jewish and Muslim religious law, the animal’s neck is slit and left to bleed to death. Though some Muslim slaughterhouses allow the use of electric stunners, Jewish law is less flexible and shocking the animal first