Every year two million animal’s throats are slit in heinous slow blood letting Schecita (Jewish) and Halal (Muslim) religious butchery rituals. Although non-stun slaughter is generally illegal in the UK, there is an exemption that permits animals to be slaughtered without being stunned first "if it is necessary for religious reasons" (!) with the caveat that "it must not cause animals unnecessary suffering" (as if any suffering is necessary!)
Professor Bill Reilly, a former president of the British Veterinary Association claims that the practice of slaughtering animals without stunning them breaches legal requirements, and after witnessing Schecita slaughter, described the experience: “The distress, fear and pain were there for all to see (and hear) in the abattoir.”
The former Farm Animal Welfare Council and the EU-funded Dialrel Project similarly concluded that non-stun slaughter is extremely painful and distressing for animals
In 2003, the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), an independent advisory group, concluded that the way halal and kosher meat is produced causes severe suffering to animals. FAWC argued that cattle required up to two minutes to bleed to death when such means are employed. The Chairperson of FAWC at the time, Judy MacArthur Clark, added, "this is a major incision into the animal and to say that it doesn't suffer is quite ridiculous."

This ancient practice should be consigned to history along with child sacrifice and the stoning of adulteresses (Sorry, I forgot, the latter still goes on)

 
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