New Zealand Bans Kosher Slaughter

11 June 2010

The Orthodox community of New Zealand is outraged that the Agriculture Ministry has de facto banned the practice of "shechita", Kosher slaughter.

In the interest of promoting a somewhat more humane method of slaughter, Minister David Carter has implemented new commercial standards for the slaughter of livestock. The new standards include requiring that an animal be stunned before it is killed. The practice of shechita requires that an animal be killed by bleeding out through the throat and doesn't allow for pre-slaughter stunning. By most analyses this means a considerably more painful death for the animal.

The Jewish community in NZ has issued a lot of criticism of the government....

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Quote: "This decision by the New Zealand government, one which has a Jewish prime minister, is outrageous.We will be doing everything possible to get this decision reversed.”
---------->Rabbi Moshe Gutnick, acting president of the Organization of Rabbis of Australasia

Source: New Zealand Bans Kosher Slaughter
Author: Care2

Link: *'This decision by the New Zealand government ...is outrageous'