Nine out of 10 EU citizens oppose animal slaughter without stunning, poll finds

Survey comes as 'ritual slaughter' legal case moves through European courts and Polish government proposes restrictionsNine out of 10 EU citizens want their governments to ban the slaughter of animals that have not been stunned, according to a poll published today.The results of the survey, carried out for the animal welfare campaign group Eurogroup for Animals, will feed into a cross-Europe debate about so-called "ritual slaughter" - the killing of animals in line with rules of religions such as Judaism and Islam for kosher and halal meat, respectively. Continue reading...