Posted on 07/15/2013 10:34:56 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Israel has summoned the Polish ambassador to Jerusalem to register a formal protest against that nation’s ban against ritual slaughter (shechitah).
In a harsh statement condemning the decision of a foreign democratic nation, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said “Israel is disappointed that Poland has chosen to forbid an important religious ritual which has been common practice among millions of Jews since ancient times. The Parliament’s decision to reject a bill allowing kosher slaughter in Poland is totally unacceptable,” the statement read.
“Poland’s history is intertwined with the history of the Jewish People. This decision seriously harms the process of restoring Jewish life in Poland. We are astonished that Poland, of all EU countries, should be the one where kosher slaughter will be forbidden.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Then by what definition is the phrase rendered? And is the apostrophe meant to be missing?
How I would like to die is not the issue.
These are feed animals we eat for food. The handlers are not sadistic...if they are, they do not last long because it can effect the taste of the meat...but the animals are not human so the comparison is pointless.
If you have that issue, then there is no sense in us talking about it. We kill those animals to eat them, and we do it in the most efficient manner possible and in a way that allows for good taste and good profitability.
People are free to do it themselves any time they want. But it is messy, bloody work, so most folks prefer to let others do it for them. Now, as a result of hunting out here in the intermountain west for Elk and Deer which our family ate, I have done so on numerous occassions.
And these guys really look like they respect the life they just took. Very highly trained professionals, too.
Do the world a totally big favor, Mashie-boy. Step away from the keyboard, take your meds, and then shut the h@ll up. You're an embarrassment to yourself and your family.
"...Dr. Temple Grandin, a professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University who is considered one of the world’s leading experts on handling and welfare of livestock in slaughter plants, defended appropriately conducted shechita in an article published in the journal Meat & Poultry last year.
“I have observed that cattle held in an upright restraint device had almost no reaction to correctly done Kosher slaughter that was performed with a special long knife,” she wrote.
“The cut with the special knife appeared to not cause pain.”
In some kosher slaughterhouses, however, the animals, still conscious, are hoisted with shackles before being killed, which greatly increases their anxiety and suffering. Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger informed kosher slaughterhouses in South America last year that he would no longer permit the import of meat produced in such an inhumane manner to Israel. An alternate method, involving large brackets that hold the animal from both sides and then flip it over, is being gradually introduced instead of the shackles.
“From my observations, it appears that when good practices are used, the steer or lamb will stay still and not react to the cut,” she wrote. “For religious slaughter it is important to use a knife that is long enough to fully span the neck; keep the tip of the knife outside the neck during the cut; use a very sharp knife; and hold the wound open during the cut.”
Addressing findings of a team of New Zealand researchers that showed how slaughter without stunning causes pain, Grandin stated that the knives used in that study to kill the animals were neither as long nor as sharp as Jewish slaughter practice dictates. Additionally Grandin noted that “in properly done kosher slaughter, the wound is held open during the cut,” an action that apparently diminishes the animal’s pain, while “the methods section of the [New Zealand] paper did not contain sufficient detail to determine if the wound was held open during the cut..."
Even though I do not eat any sort of red meat, I would be very upset to know that kosher-slaughtered animals would be subjected to practices resulting in pain and suffering.
Thanks Olog-hai.
The Poles have spoken. Get used to it.
And who on earth needs the Poles? Or you, waste of breath and bandwidth you might be.
“And who on earth needs the Poles?”
The Jews. Poles saved hundreds and thousands of Jews during WWII. One never knows when one needs the Poles.
During the Olympics? Might need a pole then. Give it a rest, Mashie. Get off Mommy’s computer and find something else to do.
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