FINDING a supermarket that cares about animal welfare is becoming more and more difficult.
Not so long ago, Tesco was (allegedly) exposed for not giving a damn about pigs reared in cruel factory-farmed conditions, and more recently it were criticised for selling live turtles in its stores in China.
In other words, capitalising on profits made from animal misery.
I don't shop at Tesco anymore, and I rarely shop at Sainsbury's, so Asda is where I spend a large amount of money every week.
Now I hear that Asda intends selling halal meat in its Birmingham stores to cater for the “majority” Muslims in that area.
Animals killed for this meat are not even pre-stunned. They literally have their throats cut whilst fully conscious.
It's absolutely horrible that Asda is more concerned with profit than respecting the lives of any unfortunate animals that get caught up in this vile trade.
I know I'm not alone in being fed up with the way successive governments constantly ignore our calls for halal to be banned and for more humane treatment of animals.
I can only assume they ignore us because they are either too afraid to speak out or because they want the votes.
Whichever it is, Labour will struggle to get many animal welfare voters out next time round.
As for Asda, well, I won't be shopping there anymore.
In fact I think I can feel a demo coming on.
Judi Hewitt wrote...
I would like to add to my blog, that animals killed for halal meat suffer horrifically. They experience awful fear and terrible pain, plus they don't die quickly. Any excuse given by Asda that they are just giving people what they want is outrageous. There is no excuse for this kind of evil wickedness.
Posted by: Judi Hewitt | November 10, 2007 10:51 AM