We are kidding ourselves if we think that halal slaughter is somehow more barbaric than other forms. According to the Food Standards Agency, 88% of halal meat in the UK comes from animals that have been stunned before slaughter. A good Christian abattoir will still use stunning by firing a metal bolt or an electrical current into the brain of the animal. Chickens are routinely hung upside down by their legs on metal shackles along a moving conveyor belt towards a water bath, where an electrical current shocks them into unconsciousness. The conveyor belt then moves on to a mechanical neck cutter, which slices through the major blood vessels. Many poultry are now also killed in giant gas chambers. Is that any more comforting? Comment is free
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 11:30:01 +0000
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