As a result of propaganda against shechita, the Jewish method of animal slaughter, the Paris municipality in its official organ today publishes an article by Dr. Foveau de Coumelles asserting that shechita is the most humane method of slaughter. Dr. de Coumelles, who is president of the French society for the Protection of Animals, says the Jewish method is least painful.
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