“Religious slaughter techniques practised by Jews and Muslims are cruel and should be ended, says a scientific assessment from the Government’s animal welfare advisers.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
from the Inner Temple Library
“Religious slaughter techniques practised by Jews and Muslims are cruel and should be ended, says a scientific assessment from the Government’s animal welfare advisers.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Queen’s Bench Division
“The control of dangerous contagious poultry disease by mass slaughter using ventilation shutdown was compatible and proportionate with European Union law.”
The Times, 16th October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
P lease note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Monks from the largest Hindu temple in Europe, angered by the RSPCA’s slaughter of its sacred cow, will serve the charity with legal papers today.”
The Guardian, 28th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Farmers who own any of the 214 cows slaughtered so far in the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak will be able to claim compensation but other businesses that have been indirectly damaged are in a much harder legal position.”
The Times, 8th August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police officers armed with bolt cutters had to be called in last night to help government officials seize Shambo, the sacred Hindu bullock wanted for slaughter.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R (Swami Suryananda, representing the Community of the Many Names of God) v. Welsh Ministers
“The decision to slaughter a Hindu community’s temple bullock as part of a general government policy after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis was lawful and justified and was not a breach of article 9 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Though the decision interfered with the community’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion the interference was necessary and proportionate given the importance of eliminating bovine tuberculosis and the fact that the slaughter policy implemented Council Directive 77/391/EEC.”
WLR Daily, 23rd July 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“It is cats that are supposed to have nine lives, but Shambo enjoyed more than the average bullock. The six-year-old Friesian was supposed to be slaughtered in May after he was exposed to bovine TB, only to be spared when his Hindu keepers argued he was sacred.”
The Guardian, 26th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The long-running saga of Shambo the bull entered its final chapter yesterday, as the Court of Appeal ruled a slaughter order on the animal was justified, despite his sacred status for the Hindu monks who keep him.”
The Independent, 24th July 2007
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“Shambo, the temple bullock ordered destroyed after a test suggested he may have TB, was reprieved by a high court judge today.”
The Guardian, 16th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Monks hoping to save a ‘sacred’ bullock called Shambo which has tested positive for bovine TB have made a last-ditch plea to halt a slaughter order.”
BBC News, 29th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk