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Ritual slaughter without stunning: for or against?

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Ritual slaughter without stunning…

What's at stake: This issue divides both camps: it pits religious freedom against animal welfare, each defended on both sides.

For

religious freedom means being able to practise one's rites, including slaughter.

Against

animal welfare requires stunning, whatever the religious tradition may be.

This issue doesn't follow the left/right divide. It doesn't count towards the test score.

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