--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > 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.
You probably do, as she has been a leading authority in the handling of feed animals for years, and an advisor to the USDA. David Hobby had recently posted: "This discussion is ironic, because for most of history the kosher practice was more humane than the norm. I can't imagine that being led into a slaughterhouse is that easy on the animal involved either--for some reason this is being left out of the discussion. I'm just guessing, but I would bet that the average kosher butcher induces less overall trauma when you count the time leading up to the actual killing as well." Temple Grandin has changed the way in which ritual kosher slaughter is done in the US and around the world; here is an article on why she lectured in Israel: [Warning: *very* graphic description of prior method used in the US.] http://www.grandin.com/ritual/kosher.slaughter.html There is a sentence or two on ritual Islamic slaughter: animal is stunned, short knife vs. long. This is a short pdf puplication: http://www.amif.org/FactSheetRitualSlaughter.pdf This documents the improvements in cattle slaughter in the US: http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan01/s011501uu.asp "...since a 1996 survey of slaughterhouses Dr. Grandin conducted on behalf of the USDA found a majority were deficient in humane handling and stunning practices. She recounted how, of the 10 randomly selected plants, seven were unable to successfully stun the cattle on the first attempt, and only three plants were in compliance with AMI guidelines... "...Dr. Grandin said in her 25 years of working with slaughter operations, she has never witnessed more change in the industry than when the McDonald's Corporation began auditing its meat suppliers in 1999." Of ritual slaughter, she said that when performed correctly, the welfare "is acceptable, but we're not going to put it up to the excellent level." She is a very engaging speaker, and if you get the chance to hear her lecture at a local fair or convention, I highly recommend it (I heard her talk about horses - of course! - not animal slaughter). Debbi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
