Animal welfare?

[YELLERBELLY]

Personally i've stopped eating any meat that is not certified organic,but in a modern society with modern methods of slaughtering do we really have to tolerate this religious carp?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZAVIYdWVE

 

[joinerjohn]

You have to realise that not all halal meat producers adhere strictly to the halal code whereby an animal has to be completely awake when killed. It has been in the press and on the media where there are lots of producers who do stun the animals before slaughter.
Probably convenient to label meat halal as there's an increasing market for it.

 

[Blasphemous]

Personally i've stopped eating any meat that is not certified organic,but in a modern society with modern methods of slaughtering do we really have to tolerate this religious carp?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZAVIYdWVE[/QUOTE]What's 'Organic Meat' got to do with how an animal is slaughtered?

 

[Mickymoody]

Personally i've stopped eating any meat that is not certified organic,but in a modern society with modern methods of slaughtering do we really have to tolerate this religious carp?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZAVIYdWVE[/QUOTE]What's 'Organic Meat' got to do with how an animal is slaughtered?

Certainly a devisive comment, organic means natural living, religious overtones means killing in a manner to slit the throat. Or whatever?

Cows are purely bred for meat and milk production, if they weren't, they would be an endangered species, or extinct, the ONLY reason why cows exist, is to be bred, for food and milk production. The reason that Dodos don't exist is because they were tasty eating, but didn't reproduce quickly enough. Cows do.

 

[wreckedit]

I do agree with you YB, that you should get what it says on the tin. But going on about what has been an acceptable practice for another branch of our society is fruitless.

 

[RedHerring2]

I think you've been suckered in by the advertising from some 'organic' meat producer, YB.

'Organically reared' and 'Halal slaughtered' are not mutually exclusive.

...(the) attitude of compassion towards an animal is essential to remain in keeping with the “tayiib” aspect of the Koran. "'Tayiib' means something that is wholesome, natural and good. Animals that have been reared in terrible conditions are not wholesome or natural."

Every animal ....is slaughtered .....personally at a local abattoir to ensure that the meat is 100 per cent hahal. “Halal” refers to the way in which an animal is slaughtered – the arteries and neck are cut in a certain way to minimise pain and the drain the blood, and a prayer must also be offered.

(The Times. March 2007)