China Drafting New “Humane” Standards for Animal Slaughter
BEIJING (Reuters) - China, widely criticized for cruelty to animals bred for consumption, is drafting new standards on animal slaughter to make the practice more humane, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
The central province of Henan has already adopted the measures, which include stunning the animals before killing them, and herding pigs with plastic prods instead of electric ones.
“Since the quality of meat from China has drawn international attention, the Chinese government has conducted special treatment on this issue,” the report quoted an official from the Administrative Office of Livestock Slaughtering as saying.
humane slaughter is an oxymoron. i wish more people would realize this.