Statement on the Non-Stun Slaughter Debate: The debate should never have been about how we slit an animal’s throat. It should have been about why we do it at all. - ThreadSky

herbivoreclub.bsky.social • 16 days ago

Statement on the Non-Stun Slaughter Debate:

The debate should never have been about how we slit an animal’s throat. It should have been about why we do it at all.

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herbivoreclub.bsky.social•16 days ago

Parliament is once again fixated on whether animals should be stunned before slaughter, as if stunning someone before killing them makes it justifiable. As if there's a kind way to end a life that did not want to end.

awsel.bsky.social•16 days ago

Christ almighty. I agree with you. Please give me the solution to turn an entire country vegan, and I swear I will take it to parliament and get the Bill passed. Otherwise, I have to keep fighting for practices that reduce their pain and suffering until such time as the world stops eating McDonalds.

herbivoreclub.bsky.social•16 days ago

As if religious tradition or regulated technique can make the act of throat-slitting anything other than what it is: the taking of a life for profit, preference, or convenience.

This conversation is framed around "welfare." But there is no “welfare” in slaughter.

catbutlersr.bsky.social•16 days ago

The vote doesn't appear to actually be for the animals who are slaughtered, but to try and relieve the guilt on the conscience of those that are slaughtering.

herbivoreclub.bsky.social•16 days ago

There is no dignity in a killing line. Whether the knife is wielded with a prayer, a bolt gun, or a computer-controlled blade, the end result is the same: a sentient being reduced to property, reduced to parts.

herbivoreclub.bsky.social•16 days ago

The disproportionate scrutiny of non-stun methods often masks racism, religious discrimination, and cultural bias. But while we must challenge that bias, we must also reject the illusion that “stunning” is a moral upgrade.

herbivoreclub.bsky.social•16 days ago

The majority of documented welfare violations happen inside the mainstream, regulated, stunned-slaughter industry — not outside of it.

The real scandal is not who stuns and who doesn’t. It’s that we are still debating how to kill, instead of asking why we keep killing at all.

herbivoreclub.bsky.social•16 days ago

Slaughter isn’t modern. It’s not humane. It’s not necessary. And it’s certainly not just.

The only ethical position is total opposition to all slaughter — regardless of method or label, because slaughterhouses shouldn't exist at all.

— Herbivore Club

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