On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 05:37 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 10 Jun 2003 at 15:04, William T Goodall wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2977086.stm
"The method of animal slaughter used by Jews and Muslims should be banned immediately, according to an independent advisory group.
"It's a sudden and quick haemorrhage. A quick loss of blood pressure and the brain is instantaneously starved of blood and there is no time to start feeling any pain," said spokesman Dr Majid Katme.
That's considerably MORE Humane than proceses at most slaughterhouses. What was the problem again?
The problem is that the Farm Animal Welfare Council[1], an independent government advisory group consisting of veterinary surgeons, agriculture professors, farmers, representatives of animal welfare organizations, and other qualified parties think that it is cruel and should be banned.
The fact that the evil animal-torturing religious loonies can spout a few feeble rationalizations for their barbaric and inhumane acts doesn't change anything :)
[1] "The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) is an independent advisory body established by the Government in 1979. Its terms of reference are to keep under review the welfare of farm animals on agricultural land, at market, in transit and at the place of slaughter; and to advise the Government of any legislative or other changes that may be necessary. "
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William T Goodall
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- Bertrand Russell
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