Halal and Kosher Meat - ban ritual slaughter and the import of products containing this meat
It is against the law to cause an animal unnecessary suffering and animals in the UK are required to be stunned prior to slaughter. There is an exemption granted in the case of religious slaughter. This exemption is abused and up to 80% of the meat from animals killed with no prior stunning is sold unmarked onto the open market. The profits from this subsidise the cost of the whole practice. The exemption should be removed and the law requiring all animals to be stunned prior to slaughter should be enforced. The government should prevent the import of goods containing meat from animals slaughtered without prior stunning.
Daryl_S_London
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S Adams
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32009R1099 Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing
(15) Protocol No (33) underlines the need to respect the legislative or administrative provisions and customs of the Member States relating, in particular, to religious rites, cultural traditions and regional heritage when formulating and implementing the Community’s policies on, inter alia, agriculture and the internal market. It is therefore appropriate to exclude from the scope of this Regulation cultural events, where compliance with animal welfare requirements would adversely affect the very nature of the event concerned. -
S Adams
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There are no EU provisions concerning the labelling of meat to identify the method of slaughter.
You may be eating this inhumane meat without knowing it, write to your supermarket and ask them how their supply of meat is slaughtered. sign the petition http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/47583
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iCARE
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I agree wholeheartedly - this is supposed to be civilised 2012.....
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Adrian Crampton
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This arcane practice should be outlawed. Muslims are permitted to eat non-halal meat if there is no available alternative
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Anonymous
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There is a government consultation pending on this issue so it is really important to raise the profile of this barbaric and unnecessary suffering. Pressuring for a ban is ideal, but at the very least legislating on clear labelling so consumers realise just how much secular meat was killed in this way would be a start.
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Victoria
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Many Muslims condemn this horrific practice and it was instigated as 'at the time' it was one of the slightly more humane methods rather than being hacked to pieces alive. The terror and pain these creatures go through must be incredible.
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Joy
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There is an article today (5/05/2012) in The Telegraph re this- the retired ex President of the BVA speaks out against these religious slaughter practices.
Have posted this link to the DT comments pages and hopefully more people might sign up. The e- petitions link is also posted there now too. Absolutely agree these practices should be banned totally in the UK.
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Anonymous
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disgusting-we are supposed to be a civilised country-this is barbaric and we should not allow it under any circumstances-
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Zoe Bremer
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I agree entirely. There is no excuse for this to continue. I note that the Jewish Vegetarian Society is very successful but there is no Muslim equivalent as yet.
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RockSteady
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Here is the petition on the Number 10 website to Ban Religious Slaughter in the UK.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/8324
Please sign and share it. If we get to 100,000 the Government have no choice to debate it. It will also mean it gets the attention of National Newspapers and make more people aware of the immoral acts. Thus a snow ball of support will occur.
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Anonymous
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Next month the Dutch parliament is expected to approve a ban on halal and kosher methods of slaughtering animals for food.
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Tam
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All slaughterhouses are vicious and horrific but none more so than Halal or kosher slaughterhouses. It is not right that repeated recommendations from the Farm Animals welfare council, asking to ban ritual slaughter have been ignored by the government. Schools, hospitals etc now provide Halal because we are in the control of total cowards who have no interest in protecting Britain's interests and standards. Please give up meat and dairy for all animals sakes including our own.
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Soo
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No exemption for this barbaric method of slaughter. Also the stun to immobilse method is just as bad. There is overproduction of this meat in the UK and supermarkets are selling it on unlabelled because there is no law that makes them label it. We have been sold out !!
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Irene Holt
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There should be NO exemptions for any religion,cult,nationality or creed.We in the UK have anti cruelty laws to save all animals fom unnecessry suffering.There is no reason on this earth which justifies these laws being ignored by anyone.NO EXEMPTIONS!!!!!!!!!
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Jacky Mcleod
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And when they say that they "stun" the animals they mean "stun to immobilise" only (not render unconscious, and the form used is actually illegal.
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Daryl_S_London
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Organisations like Shechita UK actively campaign and lobby MPs and MEPs in order to ensure that this meat remains unlabelled. They actually go so far as to admit that the reason they want to keep it this way is that they know the general public would refuse to eat it and with no market other than the religious one the price would increase drastically to make the industry sustainable. That, in a nutshell, is what the big issue is.
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Grumpy old man
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The RSPCA should be stricken as legal prosecutors as they have consistently ignored Halal and Kosher meat production and the cruelty that the animals suffer. The non Muslims and non Jews in the UK should have the right to have meat products from animals that have been slaughtered in accordance with the laws of the UK.
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Helen
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I recently discovered that at my place of work all the meat is Halal becasue its easier than have some that is and some that isn't. Most employees there don't realise and hae been eating it for a long time, as did I. I am disgusted now as I feel I have contributed to the suffering of animals by eating there. If its not banned then at least it should be clearly shown to be such and the alternative should HAVE to be available
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Mar
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Yes or just demanding labels Halal or not
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lipsofashes
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The exemption from stunning is opposed by the British Vetinary Association. This is an issue that should have broad support from the public, parties and papers. It just needs to have its profile raised. I therefore think it's an ideal campaign for 38degrees.
Undercover filming led to another suggestion about installing CCTV cameras in slaughterhouses. But how about this?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzaeHfh65hs
More details at http://www.secularism.org.uk/religious-slaughter-of-animals.html & http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-religious-excuse-for-barbarity-2137927.html
