The popular image of a ritual killing is that of a butcher restraining an animal to expose its throat, covering its eyes with its ears while muttering prayers to calm it.
Sadly, this is far from the experience of animals being killed without pre-stunning for halal or kosher meat, where they are strung up and knifed in a relentless industrial process.
Even when their throat is cleanly cut, the massive injury triggers a barrage of sensory information to the brain, meaning their la...
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Already a member? Login hereAlbert Alemanno is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris and founder of The Good Lobby, a nonprofit civic startup committed to equalising access to power by enhancing the advocacy capacity of civil society.
Albert Alemanno is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris and founder of The Good Lobby, a nonprofit civic startup committed to equalising access to power by enhancing the advocacy capacity of civil society.