Yesterday Eyes on Animals worked at a slaughterhouse near Bursa (Turkey) to show the difference between traditional slaughter (without pre-stunning) and more humane slaughter (with a stunner). They were slaughtering cattle from the Czech Republic. We showed them how the use of a stunner renders the cattle at least unconscious before they are hoisted by a chain around their leg and have their neck cut. The manager is totally in favour of pre-stunning but first more customers have to understand and accept stunning. It is still, wrongly, seen as a taboo in the Muslim religion. But Asalet knows the Koran well and the Hadiths and always takes the time to explain that pre-stunning is completely in line with their faith.
As long as people eat meat we will not give up at trying to reduce the horrendous suffering farm animals undergo.
