Our slaughter-house system : a plea for reform / [C. Cash].

  • Cash, C.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Our slaughter-house system : a plea for reform / [C. Cash]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an earnest believer, and on this ground, at any rate, some defence for it may be offered. This view of the matter is exactly expressed in an able letter which appeared in the Spectator shortly after the Admiralty Committee’s report was issued, and which concludes with the following words: ‘ The Committee condemns, and, as I think, rightly condemns, the .Jewish method of slaughtering oxen ; but as long as the English people fail to insist that their smaller animals shall be killed as humanely as possible they are not justified in criticising others. The Jewish authorities, moreover, have carefully investigated the subject, and whilst keeping within the limits of a ritual which they hold to be essential, take certain precautions to avoid additional suffering. We kill callously for no better reason than that it is the custom of the trade, and in the name of common humanity it behoves us to set our own house in order without a moment’s delay.’