Rejected petition: Ban slaughter without pre-stunning. Stop imports of non-stun meat into the UK.
Rejected on
Blue Seas Protection reg. Charity 1189529.Call on the UK Government to require that all animals slaughtered for meat in the United Kingdom are effectively stunned before slaughter, without exception, and to prohibit the import and sale of meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning.
Blue Seas Protection
Call on the UK Government to require that all animals slaughtered for meat in the United Kingdom are effectively stunned before slaughter, without exception, and to prohibit the Scientific and veterinary experts, including the British Veterinary Association, have long maintained that slaughter without pre-stunning can cause unnecessary suffering. Consumers should be assured that all meat sold in the UK meets the same high welfare standards.
We urge the Government to end exemptions for non-stun slaughter and to ban the import, sale, and distribution of meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning. and sale of meat from animals slaughtered without pre-stunning.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Ban non-stun & recoverable stun slaughter of animals
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762116We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.