Shechita – the Jewish religious humane method of animal slaughter for food
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New Zealand: STRIKE OUT THE BAN!
The very disturbing news that the New Zealand government has outlawed all food animal Shechita is bound to have reverberations in other countries. The Shechita ban places New Zealand in the rogue’s gallery alongside such other “Shechita-banners” as Norway, Finland,...
GETTING RELIGIOUS WITH SLAUGHTER by Dr Temple Grandin
When religious slaughter is being evaluated from an animal-welfare standpoint, the variable of the restraint method must be separated from the variable of slaughter without stunning. Many plants have replaced cruel shackling and hoisting of conscious animals with...
Facts About Shechita
Jewish law states that, if meat is to be eaten, Jews are required to dispatch an animal in a prescribed humane way. Shechita is the only method permitted by Jewish law to enable Jews to eat meat. The procedure consists of a rapid and expert transverse incision with an...
Shechita Conformity & Confrontation
by Chanoch Kesselman With the government’s imminent response to the Farm Animal Welfare Council Report of June 2003, the Jewish community in Britain rightly feels the need to know the current situation regarding the continued practice of shechita. Some background...
