Tags: Slaughter
Poland overturns ban on non-stun slaughter of animals in favour of religious privilege
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal has overturned a ban on the religious (non-stun) slaughter of animals.
In January... Read More »
NSS backs petition to end non-stun slaughter
The National Secular Society is backing a new campaign by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) to end non-stun... Read More »
Poland partially revokes its ban on ritual animal slaughter
The Polish parliament has given in to worldwide pressure from Jewish and Muslim groups and revised its ban on ritual... Read More »
Leading vet calls for an end to religious slaughter
A leading vet has said the religious slaughter of animals should be banned, unless Muslims and Jews can voluntarily... Read More »
Denmark bans religious slaughter
Denmark's Agriculture and Food Minister Dan Jørgensen has signed into law a regulation that bans religious... Read More »
NSS backs call for religious slaughter ban ahead of House of Lords debate
The National Secular Society has backed renewed calls from the RSPCA and other animal welfare organisations for an... Read More »
Catholic Bishops step into Poland’s religious slaughter debate – and create a Church-state confrontation
The Polish Catholic Bishops Conference has issued a statement in support of the campaign to reverse the country's... Read More »
Pope adds to the pressure on Poland to reverse its ban on ritual slaughter
The Pope has promised Jewish and Muslim leaders in Poland that he will do his best to overturn the ban on religious... Read More »
Muslim man who ritually slaughtered goats didn’t know it was against the law
A Somali refugee who improvised a halal abattoir in a private house where he killed four goats, has been sentenced... Read More »
Poland votes to keep ban on religious slaughter
Despite pressure from religious groups and farmers, the Polish parliament has rejected a Government bill that would... Read More »
No change to religious slaughter rules
The government has said it will not remove the exemption from animal welfare law that permits religious communities... Read More »
Economic crisis forcing Poland to reconsider its ban on ritual slaughter
The Polish parliament, which banned ritual slaughter of animals for the halal and kosher markets in January, is now... Read More »
Majority oppose ritual slaughter of animals
A new Yougov poll for the Jewish Chronicle shows a majority back a ban on religious slaughter. 45% of respondents... Read More »
NSS calls on Environment Minister to consider labelling of meat from religious slaughter
The National Secular Society has called on the Government to consider mandatory labelling of meat from religious slaughter... Read More »
Polish court rules that ritual slaughter is unconstitutional and illegal
Poland's highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, ruled this week that the ritual slaughter of animals by religious... Read More »
NSS calls on Government to end religious exemption from animal welfare laws
The National Secular Society has called on the Government to end the religious exemption to animal welfare legislation... Read More »
