Millions more animals are slaughtered for halal food: Numbers rise 60 per cent amid calls for them to be stunned before death
More animals are being slaughtered by having their throats cut because of increased pressure from Muslim campaigners, it emerged last night. Some 2.4 million sheep and goats were put to death using the religious method in halal and kosher abattoirs in one year – a rise of 60 per cent. According to analysis by the British Veterinary Association, some 37 per cent of sheep and goats, 25 per cent of cattle and 16 per cent of poultry were killed in this way in halal premises.
Awal Fuseini, of the Halal Food Authority, said the increase in non-stun slaughter was due to ‘stronger campaigning’ by Muslims who wrongly believed that stunning killed the animals, The Times reported.
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