I'm against all animal suffering
The reason for "avoiding the issue" of ritual killing (Mailbox, September 7) is because many people appear to be well-informed about the halal method of slaughter but unaware of the atrocities inflicted on animals which are slaughtered by conventional means.
Isn't that just a bit hypocritical?
An Animal Welfare Review in March 2004 carried out by the Meat Hygiene Service indicated "that around 90 per cent of halal slaughter involved pre-stunning".
Compassion in World Farming has been working with leading academics and the Islamic community regarding the slaughter of animals for halal meat and many certification bodies in the UK allow pre-stunning. This doesn't mean to say I agree with it.
The only effective way to prevent animal suffering is to drastically cut down on meat eating, or better still adopt a veggie diet.
In order to "pin my colours to the mast", I categorically say that I am against all forms of animal deprivation, exploitation and suffering, which includes halal and conventional methods of slaughter.
Elizabeth Allison, Aylestone.
3 Comments
by Kulgan, Crydee
Friday, September 10 2010, 12:32PM
“I wonder if Ms Allison has a leather suite, leather shoes, leather bag etc?”
by The real D.B., Leicester
Friday, September 10 2010, 12:13PM
“We have to assume that Elizabeth Allinson is totally vegan, being against all forms of animal deprivation, no leather no milk, no beer etc as to all things which involve animal derivitives.
If not she is still a hypocrite. She should leave people to their own choices”
by J, Leics
Friday, September 10 2010, 11:22AM
“Following the statements to their logical conclusion, it would appear that all carnivores should switch to a vegetarian diet. Just how much suffering does a wldebeest experience as it is hunted by a lioness, they don't stun the animal before they kill it. How much compassion does a tigress show to her prey?
Although we are sentient beings we are still primates and cannot be separated from the rest of the animal kingdom. We are fortunate that we are able to digest an omniverous diet and we are fortunate in the UK that we can chose whether we sustain ourselves on a mixed diet, a vegetarian diet, a vegan diet or a fruitarian diet, but it is our individual choice.”