Tags: Religious Slaughter
100,000 join vets and secularists in calling for an end to non-stun slaughter
Posted: Fri, 30 Jan 2015
A petition calling on the Government to end the religious exemption for non-stun slaughter has passed 100,000 signatures and will be considered for a debate in Parliament. Read More »
Poland overturns ban on non-stun slaughter of animals in favour of religious privilege
Posted: Wed, 10 Dec 2014
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal has overturned a ban on the religious (non-stun) slaughter of animals. Read More »
NSS backs petition to end non-stun slaughter
Posted: Fri, 02 May 2014
The National Secular Society is backing a new campaign by the British Veterinary Association to end non-stun slaughter of animals to improve animal welfare. Read More »
Poland partially revokes its ban on ritual animal slaughter
Posted: Fri, 04 Apr 2014
The Polish parliament has given in to worldwide pressure from Jewish and Muslim groups and revised its ban on ritual slaughter of animals without pre-stunning. Read More »
Leading vet calls for an end to religious slaughter
Posted: Thu, 06 Mar 2014
A leading vet has said the religious slaughter of animals should be banned, unless Muslims and Jews can voluntarily adopt more humane methods of killing. Read More »
Denmark bans religious slaughter
Posted: Fri, 14 Feb 2014
Denmark's Agriculture and Food Minister Dan Jørgensen has signed into law a regulation that bans religious slaughter of animals. Read More »
NSS backs call for religious slaughter ban ahead of House of Lords debate
Posted: Thu, 16 Jan 2014
The National Secular Society has backed renewed calls from the RSPCA and other animal welfare organisations for an end to the religious exemption that allows farm animals to be slaughtered without prior stunning. Read More »
Catholic Bishops step into Poland’s religious slaughter debate – and create a Church-state confrontation
Posted: Wed, 02 Oct 2013
The Polish Catholic Bishops Conference has issued a statement in support of the campaign to reverse the country's ban on religious slaughter of animals. Read More »
Pope adds to the pressure on Poland to reverse its ban on ritual slaughter
Posted: Tue, 03 Sep 2013
The Pope has promised Jewish and Muslim leaders in Poland that he will do his best to overturn the ban on religious slaughter that was agreed by the Polish Constitutional Court in January. Read More »
Muslim man who ritually slaughtered goats didn’t know it was against the law
Posted: Thu, 18 Jul 2013
A Somali refugee who improvised a halal abattoir in a private house where he killed four goats, has been sentenced to a 12 months in jail suspended for two years by an Irish court. Read More »
Poland votes to keep ban on religious slaughter
Posted: Mon, 15 Jul 2013
Despite pressure from religious groups and farmers, the Polish parliament has rejected a Government bill that would have lifted the ban on ritual slaughter of animals without pre-stunning. Read More »
No change to religious slaughter rules
Posted: Fri, 31 May 2013
The government has said it will not remove the exemption from animal welfare law that permits religious communities to slaughter animals without pre-stunning – despite "strong pressure" from welfare groups, veterinary interests and the public for a prohibition on all slaughter without stunning. Read More »
Economic crisis forcing Poland to reconsider its ban on ritual slaughter
Posted: Tue, 21 May 2013
The Polish parliament, which banned ritual slaughter of animals for the halal and kosher markets in January, is now considering revoking the law because of economic pressures. Read More »
Majority oppose ritual slaughter of animals
Posted: Thu, 04 Apr 2013
A new Yougov poll for the Jewish Chronicle shows a majority back a ban on religious slaughter. 45% of respondents supported a ban, 27% were against and 28% said they didn't know. Read More »
NSS calls on Environment Minister to consider labelling of meat from religious slaughter
Posted: Wed, 06 Mar 2013
The National Secular Society has called on the Government to consider mandatory labelling of meat from religious slaughter as part of its response to the horse meat scandal. Read More »
Polish court rules that ritual slaughter is unconstitutional and illegal
Posted: Wed, 28 Nov 2012
Poland's highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, ruled this week that the ritual slaughter of animals by religious groups violates the country's constitution and animal protection laws. Read More »
NSS calls on Government to end religious exemption from animal welfare laws
Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2012
The National Secular Society has called on the Government to end the religious exemption to animal welfare legislation that permits animals to be slaughtered without stunning. Read More »
