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What I'd like to hear is someone fairly neutral give an answer about how much worse Halal or Kosher slaughter is than the current standards. Is it an extra three seconds of mild pain, or is it a hideous experience which no animal should be subjected to?
Grabbing the wikipedia article from here:
"These strict guidelines require the animal be killed by a single cut across the throat to a precise depth, severing both carotid arteries, both jugular veins, both vagus nerves, the trachea and the esophagus, no higher than the epiglottis and no lower than where cilia begin inside the trachea, causing the animal to bleed to death. Orthodox Jews argue that this ensures the animal dies instantly without unnecessary suffering, but many animal rights activists view the process as cruel, arguing that the animal may not lose consciousness immediately."
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"Compromises in countries with animal cruelty laws that prohibit such practices involve stunning the animal to lessen the suffering that occurs while the animal bleeds to death. However, the use of electric shocks to daze the animal is often not accepted by some markets as producing meat which is kosher."
I have not much patience with people objecting to electric shocks. But I would like to know what percentage of animals don't lose consciousness immediately, and how much distress is caused. Let's do some actual research here.
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