More than 100,000 people have signed an online petition demanding the British government prohibit the slaughter of animals without stunning them first. Yet despite the strength of public feeling, the government said it had “no intention” of outlawing the type of religious slaughter that dictates an animal cannot be stunned before death.
Arguing that the coalition cannot simply "ignore public felling", Britain's top vet John Blackwell said he would continue the fight over animal welfare and push for greater public knowledge over how meat is killed.
Campaigners will now press for a fresh Commons debate on the issue after quickly exceeding the six-figure threshold required on the parliamentary petition site to trigger a possible time slot. [PA/Huffington Post UK] Read more
