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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ex-muslim Ahmed" data-source="post: 14213188" data-attributes="member: 179431">Leading vet criticises ritual slaughter of animals                                                                      <img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57330000/jpg/_57330591_animalsafp464.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />      Prof Reilly says if there is no alternative to non-stun slaughter, then it ought to be kept to a minimum                                                              A leading vet has criticised the "unacceptable" rise in the number of animals killed in ritual slaughter.Ritual slaughter is lawful in the UK and the EU to satisfy the dietary requirements of Jews and Muslims.         Prof Bill Reilly, former president of the British Veterinary  Association, said estimates suggested more animals were slaughtered than  was necessary.         The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said its own figures showed most animals were stunned before being killed.         The FSA conducted a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17966327#" target="_blank">survey</a> into animal welfare in slaughterhouses in September.          A spokesman said: "The results indicate that the number of  animals not stunned prior to slaughter is relatively low, accounting for  3% of cattle, 10% of sheep and goats, and 4% of poultry.          "They also show that the majority of animals destined for the  halal trade in both the red and white meat sectors are stunned before  slaughter."         The FSA said full details of the survey would be published ahead of a discussion at a board <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17966327#" target="_blank">meeting</a> on 22 May.   'Not acceptable'           But Prof Reilly, writing in the Veterinary Record, said: "In  my view, the current situation is not acceptable and, if we cannot  eliminate non-stunning, we need to keep it to the minimum.        <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17966327#story_continues_2" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17966327#story_continues_2</a>      "This means restricting the use  of halal and kosher meat to those communities that require it for their  religious beliefs and, where possible, convincing them of the  acceptability of the stunned alternatives."          He suggested some abattoirs might be refusing to stun animals simply to cut costs.         UK legislation allows halal (Muslim) or shechita (Jewish)  "non-stun" slaughter as long as it does not cause "unnecessary  suffering".<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17966327" target="_blank">LINK BBC</a></blockquote>

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