Halal Meat

The slaughter of conscious animals was widely abandoned in the 20th Century

and is now practised mainly in the Jewish and Muslim communities....

               

Consumers increasingly expect animals to be stunned before death -

but would banning other slaughter methods be an unacceptable violation :

of religious rights ?  :undecided:

               

A device the size of a hand-held drill is brought to the animal's head,

a trigger pulled and a four-inch bolt shot into its brain, causing it instantly to collapse.

The unconscious calf is hoisted upside down and slaughtered seconds later with a

massive cut to its throat, showering the floor with a torrent of crimson blood....

           

Moves on stunning in 2011

• Dutch lower house passes bill against non-stunning - upper house to vote on issue

• European Parliament starts considering mandatory labelling of meat from unstunned animals, so consumers know when they are eating it

• US court rejects suit claiming religious slaughter unconstitutional

• New Zealand ban on religious slaughter without stunning suspended pending legal challenge

• Australian agriculture ministers considering removing exemption allowing slaughter without stunning in Victoria