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Both faiths put great emphasis on animal welfare, and adhere to a one-cut method of slaughter, intended to ensure the animal's rapid death.
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How sweet it would be at Eid, he told the gathering, if instead of slaughtering an animal in praise of Allah, they would slaughter an Ethiopian.
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"If we had stopped the industry operating then we might have seen all kinds of animal welfare issues as well as possible illegal slaughter and the trade going underground, " Mr Rhodes added.
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Although no changes to the current regime on religious slaughter are mooted in a new EU directive on animal welfare, due to come into force in January 2013, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister James Paice has noted that "member states can impose stricter rules in relation to religious slaughter if they wish".
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Such treatment is possible through a loophole that allows for religious slaughter a loophole that the same champions of animal welfare in the European Parliament voted to avoid closing on May 7th.
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Hillside Animal Sanctuary said the pictures also showed that some were put into the slaughter pens in pairs or threes, and then stunned together.
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It was dropped in favour of an EU-wide labelling system in which the date and place of slaughter are required, but the breed and category of the animal are not.
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Many animal humane groups and public officials are outraged at the idea of resuming domestic slaughter.
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The long-distance transportation of animals for slaughter is "a madness", according to veterinary surgeon David Wilkins, Director of the Eurogroup for Animal Welfare.
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