SLAUGHTERING CATTLE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 4

SLAUGHTERING CATTLE.

• . — ' THE JEWISH METHOD , f,\' *i: ----- (BY TELEGRAM— SrECIAI, CORRESPONDENT.) V , Chrfstchurch,' April 8 1 'i :.Tlio ■; question of. the iruelty in vol,veil in Jewish slaughtering methods' camb up Ijcforo ;;i :■-:; ; ; v ;che iSocietyfor'tho; Prevention. of-.Cruelty; to ijjj; ' - 'Animals again yesterday, tho. chairman cx-iV^iv'-Ypressing..regret / that'•.■the;'.City;..Council liad done'"nothing in .the -way of ; putting, a:.stop v.;'- to 'the. cruol 'features .in- ■the practice., \ •.-"' . 'Tho inspector. '(Mr. W. 11. Zoucli) suggested'. that' an .'information.';should',.he. laid against:thp;R,a,bbi, and tho ease adjourned l in ••'.' !•.. ! order that' seqj : tho. in '•operation'-; antl''judgo "for. •himself, whether it wai cruel.' ' r < ■'■: / A lady protested against any such action i?) bfeing/taken^'and another 'questioned:whether ■.•' ::•: - tho Jewish method 'involved: cruelty.; * : . : i_ The inspector 'replied that all eminent-Eng-;^^sh::authorities; agreed that tho method was cruel ' 'those-who wit-. / . •'. 'ncssed ;the •' demonstration Tiit-'i"the : 'abattoirs' .'-.wore.unanimous -as to the cruelty involved; ; Mr. Spiller said the most merciful way to. ii-v-v:kill an; animal was .to stun- it. first. Thp liad admitted to hiiri' th'o prelinit; . ■ lianes beforo tho killing i involved' a 'certain' ; . amount, of cruelty, dufi to the lack of. proper apphance3. ■ . : Tho chairman said ; that 80 jjec'v : cSnt;':fb'f! Cfc ; ;;.the; Christchurc]i' 'Jewish community ate.meat' killed in- the ordinary wav, and there was , ■:■■ no . reason why tho cruel, Jowish 'method'- ofiff for" the.'Sake''of : '/./.tho -per cent- .It was .the duty • ; of the'.Society to see tho/matter.through! now 1 i , • It was resohed to :ask the r C'ity Council if they would, be prepared to allow auothor 'o'i> '^/'demonstration' of /! the:-different v ; of : / slaughtering to take- place r at tho abattoirs rcpresentatiye. gathering of ;citizens.