Tags: Religious slaughter
Government considering labelling of non-stunned meat
Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2017
The Government is considering introducing labelling requirements to show whether halal or kosher meat has been stunned before slaughter. Read More »
NSS urges Bradford council to stop supplying un-stunned meat
Posted: Thu, 09 Nov 2017
The NSS has written to Bradford's district council to urge it to stop supplying un-stunned halal meat in schools and elsewhere. Read More »
Success! Lancashire votes to take un-stunned meat off school menus
Posted: Thu, 26 Oct 2017
The NSS has welcomed a decision from Lancashire Council to only supply halal meat from animals that have been stunned before slaughter to schools. Read More »
NSS seeks end to religious exemption amid sharp rise in non-stun slaughter
Posted: Fri, 06 Oct 2017
The NSS has urged the Environment Secretary to end the religious exemption from animal welfare laws after a rise in non-stun slaughter. Read More »
NSS urges councillors to stop forcing non-stunned halal meat on pupils
Posted: Fri, 22 Sep 2017
The NSS has written to councillors in Lancashire urging them to stop imposing unstunned meat on school pupils. Read More »
NSS calls for clearer labelling on halal meat
Posted: Wed, 30 Aug 2017
The National Secular Society has called for clearer labelling on meat slaughtered by religious methods after new quality standards were proposed for halal sheepmeat. Read More »
Parliamentary candidates offer support for faith schools, non-stun animal slaughter and circumcision
Posted: Wed, 31 May 2017
The National Secular Society has criticised prospective MPs for offering their support to non-therapeutic male circumcision, religious slaughter of animals without stunning, and faith schools. Read More »
Belgium’s Walloon region to end slaughter of animals without pre-stunning
Posted: Thu, 11 May 2017
A committee of the Walloon Parliament has voted to ban the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning, a move welcomed by secularists and animal rights campaigners. Read More »
EU survey reveals clear support for labelling of meat from non-stunned animals
Posted: Tue, 09 Jun 2015
A survey by the European Commission has found widespread confusion over religious slaughter but clear support for labelling to indicate whether meat is from a pre-stunned animal. Read More »
MPs cite “overwhelming” public support in debate on non-stun animal slaughter
Posted: Tue, 24 Feb 2015
MPs have debated ending non-stun slaughter, after a petition to end the religious exemption to animal welfare laws was signed by over 115,000 people. Read More »
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 »
