I am the first person to admit that I am meat lover. I never really thought much about how the steak arrived at the store before ending up on my BBQ. I guess I always assumed it was done in a humane way and the animal never experienced any pain. I was wrong. I want to warn you first about watching this video. It is very disturbing, and not to be watched by anyone with a weak stomach. It can be seen here.
I have done some research on the procedures in various Countries and religion plays a very large part, most notably kosher shechita and dhabiĥa halal. These religions are not bound by the Humane slaughter act, So the animals slaughtered in such a place are still alive when their carotid artery is cut. This practice is taking place in the United States, and very likely some of the meat from these plants is ending up in Canada.
I am not an activist for PETA nor am I going to turn vegetarian over this, however I do want this type of practice stopped. If we humans are judged on how we treat life on this planet, then we are in a lot of trouble.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI know its in humane but dang it tastes good…serve me up a big ol side of beef with some tators and veggies…yum yum yum….I would like to see more humane ways of killing my supermarket fauder but…sorry..ill eat it any way it comes..as long as its disease free and packaged for sale properly…shoot if I could Id go shoot it myself and butcher it…I do agree more humane methods are needed..but it sure tastes good.
These comments are based on a great deal of ignorance, and the admittedly poor practices found at some abattoirs are unfortunately common where non-religious slaughter takes place too. Shechita UK make clear the distinction between the Shechita procedure and commonplace abuses by commercial abattoir operators(whose religion tends to be Mammon-based). Shechita is a most humane method of slaughter, incorporating as it does all the safeguards to ensure an uninterrupted pain-free process from incision to immediate unconsciousness to expiry. Shechita incorporates a stun i.e. loss of consciousness which unlike those administered by mechanical bolt or electric tongs, does not create any suffering of itself, and from which ther can be no recovery to conciousness.
Judaism was the first religion to legislate for animal welfare, and its laws are as practical and valid today as ever they were. We allcondemn bad practice, but check the facts first before condemning the best Code of Law
Folks,
Killing is killing, getting over your taste for meat(blood lust) is differcult but we need to do it. Religion is no excuse for not being ethical.
Thank you,
Van
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