Submitted by Martin Michael Osborne on Sunday 3rd November 2024
Published on Thursday 21st November 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Wednesday 21st May 2025
Current Signatures: 19,847
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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animal welfare ~ Animals ~ BANNED ~ Barbaric ~ case ~ Convention ~ Culture ~ ECHR ~ environment ~ EU ~ European court ~ european court of human rights ~ Europeans ~ Human Rights ~ Individuals ~ Landmark ~ Prior ~ Ritual ~ society ~ Stunning ~ The ECHR ~ UK
Ban non-stun slaughter in the UK
In modern society, we believe more consideration needs to be given to animal welfare and how livestock is treated and culled.
We believe non-stun slaughter is barbaric and doesn't fit in with our culture and modern-day values and should be banned, as some EU nations have done.
In a landmark case, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals without prior stunning does not violate the ECHR.
The Court considered that the protection of public morals, to which Article 9 of the Convention referred was not indifferent to the living environment of individuals covered by its protection and including animals.
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The Government responded to this petition on Friday 10th January 2025
The Government would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter. However, we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs.
The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but it respects the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs.
The ‘Demonstration of Life Protocol’, an industry-led initiative supported by the Government, provides assurance for Muslim consumers that stunning is compatible with halal slaughter requirements, while protecting the welfare of the animals involved. Therefore, a significant proportion of halal meat comes from animals that are stunned before slaughter.
Legislation sets out the main requirements to protect the welfare of animals at slaughter. There are additional rules that apply when animals are slaughtered without stunning to ensure that animals are spared avoidable pain, suffering, or distress during the slaughter process. Official Veterinarians of the Food Standards Agency are present in all approved slaughterhouses to monitor and enforce these animal welfare requirements.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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