Should NZ allow kosher killing of animals?

2:38 PM Monday Nov 29, 2010

Photo / Kevin Ball

Animal welfare organisations are disappointed by the Government's decision to reverse a ban on the kosher killing of chickens, saying the practice is inhumane.

The kosher killing - shechita - involves severing the neck of the animal, and allowing the blood to drain.

On Friday, Agriculture Minister David Carter exempted the practice from a decision in May that all commercially slaughtered chickens must be stunned before being killed.

Should NZ allow kosher killing of animals? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

Underpass (New Zealand) | 03:27PM Monday, 29 Nov 2010

What is wrong with these people? What possible difference does it make to them whether or not the animal (or bird) has been stunned first? This is the 21st century, we're not living in the dark ages - "shechita" is inhumane and should be stopped.

Anne (New Zealand) | 03:49PM Monday, 29 Nov 2010

Very easy to answer - of course we as a nation should not allow kosher killing of any animal. If humans choose to eat flesh, then in the very least, the poor animal to be eaten should be killed in the most humane way as possible.

HBT (New Zealand) | 03:49PM Monday, 29 Nov 2010

Great call bring on Sharia law too! Absolutely abhorrent and a great step backwards if allowed to happen. If it is so important to them then they should import their meat. If chicken is not available, pork, beef and lamb all are.