Halal certification in Europe bodies. According to the Halal Food Authority (HFA) in the UK, poultry (chickens, turkeys and ducks) can only be "immobilised" prior to slaughter using electric water baths, while ovine animals (lamb, sheep and goat) can only be stunned using electric tongs. The majority of bovine animals (cattle, bull, cow and ox) in the UK are stunned with a captive-bolt pistol, but this is not permitted by the HFA because of the risk that it may kill the animal. The second position, which emerges from a derogation of the above legislation, allows EU member states to grant slaughterhouses that supply Muslim
European Coalition to End Animal Experiments the European Union and inform the public and raise public awareness. European Coalition to End Animal Experiments The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) is a European organisation actively operating in favor of animal rights and in particularly, an abolishment of testing on animals. The focus is on animal testing in cosmetics and experiments with primates. The ECEAE was created in 1990 by national and regional organisations against the testing of cosmetics on animals. 18 European animal rights organisations comprise the ECEAE. The ECEA releases publications, organizes violent free actions and campaigns and lobbies in the European Parliament, against