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".
Meanwhile, international investors are "distressed by the growing indications that India is not willing to abide by international rules and norms in relation to dispute resolution, " Columbia's Mr. Doering said.
Researchers concluded that any such "guilty look" is a response to human behaviour and has no relation with the dog's actions or sense of having broken any rules.