Butcher Meat Welfare 
Critter News
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Of course, right now, they're just being shipped to Canada and Mexico anyway, where health and welfare standards are much, much lower. Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. It did not, however, allocate any new money to pay for horse meat inspections, which opponents claim could cost taxpayers $3 million to $5 million a year.
Critter News
JULY 22, 2011
This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. Dutch law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter, but has long allowed an exemption for Muslims and orthodox Jews, who can legally butcher animals according to their centuries-old dietary rules.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Most informative for a discussion about vegan advocacy is the section about the animal rights movement (and unfortunately he alternately calls it “animal protection” and also refers to welfare, perhaps because of the Humane Research Council’s study that people prefer the word “protection”).
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