Netherlands approve ban on kosher and halal animal slaughter

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...alal-animal-slaughter/articleshow/9028454.cms

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals, a move strongly opposed by the country's Muslim and Jewish minorities, but left a loophole that could let traditional butchery continue.

The bill by the small Animal Rights Party, the first such group in Europe to win seats in a national parliament, passed the lower house of parliament and must be approved by the upper house before becoming law.

It stipulates that livestock must be stunned before being slaughtered, contrary to the Muslim halal and Jewish kosher laws that require animals to be fully conscious.

"This way of killing causes unnecessary pain to animals. Religious freedom cannot be unlimited," Marianne Thieme, head of Animal Rights Party, said before the vote. "For us religious freedom stops where human or animal suffering begins."

In a rare show of unity, the Netherlands' Muslim and Jewish communities -- about 1 million and 40,000 respectively in a total population of 16 million -- have condemned the proposed ban as a violation of their religious freedom.
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"The Dutch parliament voted on Tuesday to ban ritual slaughter of animals. It stipulates that livestock must be stunned before being slaughtered."


edit: BBC also have an article which is slightly longer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13947163
 
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We need freedom from religions at this point more than anything.

They can take their cruel ancient rituals and piss off. Well done NL, you're quickly becoming my new favourite country since Germany seems to have gone ful retard.
 
Elite Override said:
Religion aside, doesn't the "old" way of doing it result in less blood in the meat?
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The slaughter itself has nothing to do with there being less blood. What does less blood have to do with this in the first place though? :confused:

It stipulates that livestock must be stunned before being slaughtered, contrary to the Muslim halal and Jewish kosher laws that require animals to be fully conscious.
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Ah yes, consciousness makes all the difference...:rolleyes:
 
Elite Override said:
Religion aside, doesn't the "old" way of doing it result in less blood in the meat?
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You can drain all the blood from a dead animal as well.

I like my steaks rare, so perhaps Im the wrong person to speak to about blood.
 
Elite Override said:
Well, the less blood there is in the meat, the more value you get for your money since you pay per kilo.
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I'm not sure how this fits into the argument relating to cruelty of animals. BTW, the non-kosher meat you eat does not contain blood in the first place. What most people assume is blood is actually just protein infused water from the meat - it's red because the meat is red. It is not blood and it keeps your meat juicy...
 
Here is a bit more info on how animals are slaughtered for kosher and halal meats:

To make meat kosher for Jews or halal for Muslims, animals must be slaughtered while still awake, by swiftly cutting the main arteries and veins in their necks with sharp knives, and then allowing the blood to drain out.
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Explanation of what happens when the throat is cut:

Various research papers on cattle slaughter collected by Compassion In World Farming mention that "after the throat is cut, large clots can form at the severed ends of the carotid arteries, leading to occlusion of the wound (or “ballooning” as it is known in the slaughtering trade). Nick Cohen wrote in the New Statesman, "Occlusions slow blood loss from the carotids and delay the decline in blood pressure that prevents the suffering brain from blacking out. In one group of calves, 62.5 per cent suffered from ballooning. Even if the slaughterman is a master of his craft and the cut to the neck is clean, blood is carried to the brain by vertebral arteries and it keeps cattle conscious of their pain."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shechita#Animal_welfare_controversies
 
However, Dr Grandin has said that "When the cut is done correctly, the animal appears not to feel it. From an animal welfare standpoint, the major concern during ritual slaughter are the stressful and cruel methods of restraint (holding) that are used in some plants.
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