Paraguay Orders More Humane Kosher Slaughter After Forward Expose
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
(JTA) — The government of Paraguay will move to require more humane ways of kosher slaughter following a Forward expose about questionable practices.
Slaughterhouses will have to stop using the shackle-and-hoist method of slaughter and instead use the method of rotating pens, which is seen as more humane, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The international organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and the Israeli group Anonymous for Animal Rights have claimed victory over the decision, which was made months after the Forward exclusively reported by activists from the two groups that exposes the cruelty of the shackle-and-hoist method in one of Paraguay’s largest slaughterhouses.
Forty percent of the beef consumed in Israel comes from Paraguay, which does not export beef to the United States. The practice is not permitted in Israel, which has limited kosher beef slaughter.
The shackle-and-hoist method is common in slaughter houses in Argentina and Uruguay, which do export to the United States.
A petition by animal rights groups was filed with Israel’s Supreme Court after the investigative report went public, calling on the court to require foreign slaughterhouses to prohibit the use of the shackle-and-hoist method.
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