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?
Depends on how the animal is positioned for the throat-cutting.
I think Temple Grandin went into this in _Thinking in Pictures_.
Given my druthers, I'd much prefer to buy meat slaughtered at a
slaughterhouse she'd designed.
Julia
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