EU Legalizes Kosher Slaughter, Pro-Animal Groups Want Ban

Israel National News ^ | May 7, 2009 | Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

[Tzvi INN.com]

The European Union Parliament on Wednesday voted to legalize kosher slaughtering, which has been outlawed by six countries -- but a critical vote next month will determine if EU countries can effectively get around the approval by demanding pre-stunning, which violates Jewish dietary laws.

The European Jewish Congress and conference of European Jewish Rabbis lobbied heavily for the bill and defeated efforts by animal rights groups to ban kosher slaughtering, which demands swift death to the animal by use of a sharp knife at the throat.

[MEGoody]

I could be wrong (especially since I’m not Jewish), but I believe that Kosher slaughtering is actually pretty humane. They slash the throat of the animal deep enough that death comes quickly. It’s not like it lays there and bleeds to death slowly.

[magslinger]

The links don't match the thread. "Protest Letter: 'Israel Going Too Far for Pope'"

As a 'Bitter Evangelical' I am woefully ignorant about Kosher slaughtering and willfully ignorant of Halal slaughtering, but aren't there some similarities regarding bleeding out the butchered animal? Would this affect Halal butchers?

[Admin Moderator]

Link corrected.

[magslinger]

Thanks.