Sensationalist UK Headline sparks Eurarabia Scare

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Kadagar_AV 00:32 05-08-2014

Originally Posted by Husar:
How do you know what the most humane method is? Do you revive some animals and ask them how much fun their death was on a scale of 1 to 10? When you slit the throat, the brain should run out of oxygen relatively fast and the animal becomes unconscious.
Modern factory slaughter is even worse than your version of halal slaughter, as can be read here: http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/slaughter/

See? These animals are pretty much conscious, they are just paralyzed so they cannot move to evade the blades.

And pigs don't fare much better: http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-u...ort-slaughter/

So I'm not sure why you single out halal as inhumane and say western methods are more humane.
There is even a rather detailed answer on Yahoo answers: https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/questio...2054725AAEfmRP

And there are people who say the exact opposite: http://www.newscientist.com/article/...l#.U2q5tIa0PpA

I have no idea what the most humane method is. We should however strive towards achieving it, no?

Bronze age dogma probably isn't the answer 2014.

Shouldn't this be a more... Scientific debate - rather than religious? If we are looking out for the animals?

Whatever way is the best, I am pretty sure a ban on having the animals unconscious really really REALLY isn't the best standard to set, no?

It's hard to monitor every slaughterhouse, and even harder to monitor every single kill. That's why we need laws to make it as decent as possible. Am I wrong here?

From that perspective, why would it be better to legislate against the animals being unconscious, than allowing it?

When it's time for my dog to go, I sure as hell wont pet him and then slit his throat. Why should I not offer the same care to other animals up for death?

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