ABC – AM: ASHLEY HALL: With Australia's live cattle exports to Indonesia still in limbo the RSPCA is now turning the focus to the issue of ritual killing in Australia.
It's known as Halal or Kosher slaughter in the Muslim and Jewish communities and it's carried out according to religious laws.
In Australia, the national Halal standard requires abattoirs to stun animals before their throat is cut.
But a number of Australian abattoirs have been given government approval to kill animals without stunning.
The RSPCA says it's a brutal practice and should be banned. » | Jason Om | Saturday, June 18, 2011
