(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A new move for the complete prohibition of the Shechita in Bavaria was made by the Munich Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which has sent another memorandum against Shechita to the Bavarian Diet.
The memorandum, after quoting authorities tending to show that Shechita is cruelty to animals, says that only one out of every hundred of the population on German soil belongs to the Jewish faith, and a large part of the Jews themselves do not observe the Jewish dietary laws. It is therefore wrong to take into consideration the religious scruples of less than a hundredth part of the population and to ignore the feelings of humanity of the other ninety-nine.
Another reason against Schechita is that much of the food which the Jews reject as unfit for their consumption is given to the non-Jewish population. Besides the hindquarters, many parts of the animal are declared to be “treifah” but good enough for the non-Jewish population, and if they did not eat it the business of slaughtering would not pay.
The memorandum also quotes passages from the Old Testament and from the Talmud against the infliction of pain on animals, and concludes by asking the Diet to enforce a law which will make it illegal for animals to be slaughtered without first being stunned.
The Bavarian Diet recently rejected a resolution to prohibit Shechita, but decided to limit the number of animals slaughtered according to Jewish ritual in accordance with the numbers of the Jewish population of Bavaria.
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