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Stop slashing animals' throats in 'ritual' slaughters for halal and kosher meat, says new leader of Britain's vets
- Muslims and Jews are asked to use more 'acceptable' methods of killing
- John Blackwell wants Government to consider a ban on kosher or halal
- President of British Veterinary Association says all should be stunned first
- 6,000 animals are killed in religious abattoirs every week in Britain
- Religious groups call his advice 'misleading' and will 'inflame prejudice'
- Denmark banned the practice last months despite huge protests
- Halal and kosher slaughter of animals should be outlawed, Britain's leading vet said today.
John Blackwell, president-elect of the British Veterinary Association, has argued the ritual killing of poultry, sheep and cattle by cutting their throats causes unnecessary suffering to animals.
Traditionally, Jewish and Islamic slaughter practices involve animals having their throats slit and the blood drained because it is 'humane'
But Mr Blackwell, who has been accused of 'inflaming prejudice' by religious leaders, says animals must be stunned before the cut because some will be conscious for up to two minutes before death.
The Danish government has been accused of religious persecution after it banned the religious slaughter of animals for halal and kosher meat.
Despite huge pressure from the Muslim and Jewish communities not to, the practice was banned last month as the country's Minister for Food, Dan Jorgensen, maintained that 'animal rights come before religion'.
Mr Blackwell said British abattoirs should follow Denmark's example.Campaign: John Blackwell, president-elect of the British Veterinary Association, has argued the ritual killing of animals causes unnecessary suffering to animals
'Our view has always been that animals should be stunned. They should be imperceptible to pain as death supervenes,' he told Radio 4's Today programme.
'We are looking for a meeting of minds to review the evidence base which clearly shows that slaughtering animals without stunning compromises welfare. If that can't happen then I would like labelling at the point of sale that gives the consumer informed choice. If that is not possible we would be looking for a ban for killing without stunning.
'There is no insensibility for these animals by cutting its throat and these remain conscious for seven seconds for sheep and two minutes for cattle and that is not acceptable. As a vet and scientist welfare is top of our list'.
Jonathan Arkush, vice president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, responded: 'I really regret John Blackwell's remarks, which are completely misleading
Animals that are killed for the Jewish or Muslim markets do not bleed to death. Animals that are killed for the general market or the Muslim and Jewish market are killed in exactly the same way.
'A large animal has its throat cut and this renders it insensible to pain and unconscious. The Jewish method is designed to bring that about instantly, and using tendentious language is not helpful. T
The Jewish religion focuses on the most humane way of bring death. If you eat meat you have to accept that an animal that is live is then killed and the most important thing to do is to do it humanely.
Animal welfare organisations have shown it fails to stun in between nine and 31 per cent of cases. When an animal is mis-stunned it suffers enormous pain and distress. When you eat your chicken from the supermarket you need to know it has been carried by an industral conveyor belt and dumped in a bath of electricute water. We don't do that and we wouldn't.
'In Denmark you had a political act designed for populist reasons because of prejudice against Muslims and I am worried Mr Blackwell is speaking in ways that inflame prejudice.
Argument: The Jewish community says that the kosher method of killing animals like in this abattoir is more humane than stunningMr Blackwell said the way halal and kosher meat is created, through the throat being slit, resulted in 'five or six seconds' of pain for the animal.The new leader of Britain's vets has called for the religious slaughter of animals for halal and kosher meat to be banned
'They will feel the cut,' he said.
'They will feel the massive injury of the tissues of the neck. They will perceive the aspiration of blood they will breath in before they lose consciousness.'
He told the newspaper the issue was 'one of the most important on our (vets') radar.'
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