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Stunning Of Animals Prior To Slaughtering |
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The alleged cruelty to animals during slaughter using the simple knife-based method is a growing concern among Muslims and non-Muslims alike. With the advance of technology, new methods that seem to be less cruel have been adopted and carefully employed to ensure Halal process. These methods include stunning of animals prior to slaughtering. For the stunning to be acceptable in Islam, the following conditions must be complied to:
- 1.The use of stunning equipment must be under the control of a Muslim supervisor, or a slaughterman or Halal certification authority at all times.
- The animal should be stunned temporarily only. The stunning should neither kill nor cause permanent injury to the animal and animal must be able to regain consciousness within few seconds if not slaughtered due to any reason.
- Gadgets used to stun pigs must not be used to stun Halal animals.
- Stunning should not damage the heart or brain or cause physical disability or death.
- Mechanical stunners can be used on cattle and buffaloes only and it should be non-penetrative percussive type.
- The stunner must not penetrate or break the head. Any injury caused should not be permanent.
- The skull of the animal, after being skinned, should be checked for permanent injury. If found to be broken or penetrated, the carcass shall be deemed non-Halal.
- Electrical stunning of poultry is allowed using water bath stunners only.
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