For all the animal welfare legislation we have in the western world it staggers me that this disgusting ritual known as "dhabihah" is legal.
If you don't know what it is take a read of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhabihah
One particular quote which made me want to throw up is this:
It makes me sick to even see this halal shit paraded around take-aways and restaurants, advertised like a fucking badge of honor. The only reason this method of slaughtering livestock isn't banned is because of religion. It's a joke.
If you don't know what it is take a read of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhabihah
One particular quote which made me want to throw up is this:
Wiki Wrote: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."
It makes me sick to even see this halal shit paraded around take-aways and restaurants, advertised like a fucking badge of honor. The only reason this method of slaughtering livestock isn't banned is because of religion. It's a joke.
