Animal sacrifice is allowed in Michigan

[FlyersFan]

Old news .... but I just found out about it.
Animal sacrifice and slaughter is allowed at home in part of Michigan.
It's a Muslim religious thing ... 

I've seen pictures of overseas with Muslims slaughtering animals in
the streets for Eid al-Adha.   Blood running deep in the streets all 
over the place, people running through it, terrified animals being 
butchered ... 

Now it's okay to engage in ritual slaughter in Hamtramck Michigan.   The state has the
right to run itself as it wishes ... states rights ... but I think it's awful.

Hamtramck City Council Approves Religious Animal Sacrifices and Slaughter at  Home

After several months of contentious debate and pressure from Muslim residents, Hamtramck City Council voted Tuesday night to allow the religious sacrifice of animals on residential property.

Muslims often slaughter animals during the holiday of Eid al-Adha and Hamtramck has one of the highest percentage of Muslim residents among cities in the U.S.

The all-Muslim city council voted 3-2, with Mayor Amer Ghalib casting an additional vote in favor making it 4-2, to amend a city ordinance to allow religious sacrifice of animals at home. After the vote to approve, applause broke out from members of the public, who packed the meeting to speak out before the vote.

Some residents and animal rights advocates have expressed opposition to the ordinance changes, saying they will lead to animal cruelty and sanitation problems in Hamtramck, one of the most densely populated cities in Michigan. They said they worry about people being traumatized by seeing the throats of goats, lambs and cows being slit in backyards, with blood splattering and entrails falling out.

[LightAngel]

[quintessentone]

I read somewhere that the way they slaughter their animals results in less stress for the animal thereby better meat...Halal. It is also stated that the animals are treated more humanely before and during slaughter.

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"Some residents and animal rights advocates have expressed opposition to the ordinance changes, saying they will lead to animal cruelty and sanitation problems in Hamtramck, one of the most densely populated cities in Michigan. They said they worry about people being traumatized by seeing the throats of goats, lambs and cows being slit in backyards, with blood splattering and entrails falling out."

Maybe those residents need to first visit the horrific conditions some meat animals have to live under, then visit a regular slaughterhouse and then see the reality of their desire to eat meat.

Sound like those snowflakes/Karens need some lessons in reality.

[FlyersFan]

 It is also stated that the animals are treated more humanely before and during slaughter.

All people who slaughter animals claim that.
And it's never true.
All animals die in fear when slaughtered.

[Kurokage]

Old news .... but I just found out about it.
Animal sacrifice and slaughter is allowed at home in part of Michigan.
It's a Muslim religious thing ... 

I've seen pictures of overseas with Muslims slaughtering animals in
the streets for Eid al-Adha.   Blood running deep in the streets all 
over the place, people running through it, terrified animals being 
butchered ... 

Now it's okay to engage in ritual slaughter in Hamtramck Michigan.   The state has the
right to run itself as it wishes ... states rights ... but I think it's awful.

Hamtramck City Council Approves Religious Animal Sacrifices and Slaughter at  Home

In both Jewish and Muslim traditions any animal killed for food must be blessed whilst the slaughter happens. I imagine that's why it's been classed as a sacrifice.

https://www.diffen.com/difference/Halal_vs_Kosher

Halal and Kosher refer to what's permitted by Islamic and Jewish religious laws respectively. Halal is an Islamic term that means lawful or permitted. Although halal in a broad sense can refer to anything that's permitted by Islam, it's most often used in the context of permissible dietary habits, specifically when it comes to meat consumption. Kosher is a similar term used to describe food that is proper or fit for consumption according to Kashrut, the Jewish dietary law. This comparison will restrict itself to the context of religious dietary laws.

[quintessentone]

All people who slaughter animals claim that.
And it's never true.
All animals die in fear when slaughtered.

It depends on how it is done. If an animal is humanely treated before and during slaughter I don't think the animal will be any the wiser.

How mainstream meat industry treats their animals, which can be inhumane, then puts them in trucks for shipping, then they arrive in unfamiliar surroundings with that slaughterhouse smell, ever smell that?, I would argue those animals are the ones suffering fear, perhaps all their lives.

[LightAngel]

I love animals, so I always reflect a lot on how we treat them, and for me it really comes down to one simple thing - reducing suffering wherever we can because animals feel pain, fear, and stress. I don't think it's unreasonable to try to lessen that.

It's about basic compassion.

[Tecate]

As a farm boy growing up I can say that putting the animal down with the least stress is the objective. Stressing the animal out prior can actually taint the meat. 

This is why getting your beef from a farmer who knows how to do it properly will always have higher quality than getting it from a feedlot and through the slaughter house.

Also, grass fed with grain finishing is far better than anything else…


Tecate

[andy06shake]

I don't hold with people who choose to hurt/sacrifice animals.

Unless, of course, they are up for a bit of reciprocation.

And i don't give a cr@p what their socalled religious excuse amounts to.

If they ain't going to eat it, or use it for parts, leave the animals alone.

[quintessentone]

As a farm boy growing up I can say that putting the animal down with the least stress is the objective. Stressing the animal out prior can actually taint the meat. 

This is why getting your beef from a farmer who knows how to do it properly will always have higher quality than getting it from a feedlot and through the slaughter house.

Also, grass fed with grain finishing is far better than anything else…


Tecate

I actually am buying Halal meat from the grocery store and meat from my small town butcher as the meat comes directly from neighboring farms. I can tell you that I found that the Halal meat was better, I'll try to explain why. First it seems lighter for lack of a better word, lighter in taste as in no bitter aftertaste. I noticed the same thing when I switched over to organic tea, a lighter taste as if something bitter was no longer there.