Jewish ritual slaughter was upheld as “absolutely humane” in expert testimony here before a parliamentary committee which is continuing to gather evidence in regard to a proposal for adoption of humane slaughter legislation. More testimony will be given this week, with a representative of the Canadian Jewish Congress scheduled to be on the stand Tuesday.
The testimony favoring Shechitah was given before Parliament’s Agricultural Committee–which is holding the hearings–by Dr. K. E. Wells, director general of the Agriculture Department’s meat division, and by R. G. Gwatkin, departmental research office.
After they had testified, Leon Creshtohl, Jewish member of Parliament, said their testimony “established firmly that Shechitah is the inmost humane method of slaughter in the world.” Another member of Parliament, A.D. Hales, told the committee he would recommend that the kosher method of slaughter be used by all. He said he lad found all who practice the Jewish method of slaughter as “eminently qualified.”
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