Orlando Radice
The Jewish Chronicle
July 12, 2013
The Polish parliament has defeated an attempt to protect religious slaughter in law.
In November last year, the constitutional court ruled that a derogation which allows Jews and Muslims to kill animals without pre-stunning was unconstitutional and incompatible with animal welfare laws.
In May, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, submitted a draft of new regulations designed to allow kosher and halal slaughter while reducing the suffering of the animals. The draft law was voted down today.