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>THE HALAL restaurants established by Muslim migrants in Britain quickly inspired an almost religious following among non-believers. I think some people (not m
by gadders 8y ago
>THE HALAL restaurants established by Muslim migrants in Britain quickly inspired an almost religious following among non-believers.
I think some people (not massive numbers, admittedly) avoid Halal restaurants/meat because the method of slaughter is less humane and doesn't typically involve stunning the animal first.
- mkaziz 8y agoFrom my understanding, stunning is still done in the West for producing halal meat- you just have to be careful not to kill the animal, so usually lower-level shocks are used.
- gadders 8y agoIt looks like it varies between low voltage stunning and no stunning at all: http://www.theweek.co.uk/58447/halal-meat-what-does-it-involve-and-is-it-cruel-to-animals http://www.theweek.co.uk/58447/halal-meat-what-does-it-invol... Mind you, kosher slaughter is no better.