date:Jun 09, 2012
low the religious slaughter practised by faith communities, he said.
Recalling witnessing religious slaughter at a UK abattoir, Paice said said:Ive rarely felt so bad in my life watching cattle take six minutes to bleed to death[without stunning].
But religious slaughter methods were applied to only about 3% of cattle and 4% of lamb and poultry, he added.
Statistics from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in 2011 confirmed that 84% of cattle, 81% of sheep and 88% of chickens produced for halal m