Kosher poultry is slaughtered the same way, by cutting the carotid, the jugular and the esophagus with a very sharp knife. Consciousness is quickly lost due to lowering of blood pressure. So, what is the problem? Is it the religious endorsement on these birds? That might be out of line here in the USA, unless the makers of Butterballs (no butter, just oil is used) label the birds as certified for halal, kosher, and other faiths, or even no faith at all. How about labelling them as "humanely slaughtered" which is what the halal birds are?
I'm not sure that halal/kosher slaughter is as humane as all that. The difficulty, I think, is that modern slaughter techniques should be far more humane, but can be horrific if done sloppily . . . and we're too disgusting as a culture for, very often, people to care much if the standards are being upheld.
The ironic thing is that, if the meat industry did bother to spend that extra two cents making sure slaughtering (and all the rest of animal husbandry) was done properly, they wouldn't be finding increasing numbers of people cutting down on or eliminating their meat consumption.
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Date: 2011-11-24 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-24 11:24 pm (UTC)I'm not sure that halal/kosher slaughter is as humane as all that. The difficulty, I think, is that modern slaughter techniques should be far more humane, but can be horrific if done sloppily . . . and we're too disgusting as a culture for, very often, people to care much if the standards are being upheld.
The ironic thing is that, if the meat industry did bother to spend that extra two cents making sure slaughtering (and all the rest of animal husbandry) was done properly, they wouldn't be finding increasing numbers of people cutting down on or eliminating their meat consumption.
Is wot I think.