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
Animal Equality After Animal Equality revealed horrific animal cruelty on El Escobar farm in Spain, the trial against the four defendants finds them guilty and sentences them to the longest sentence allowed under law. Following an Animal Equality investigation and campaign, supermarket chain COOP in Italy becomes the first market in Italy to ban the sale of foie gras. Animal Equality helps reduce the consumption of lamb meat in Italy by 40% in 2014, and a further 50% the following year. Animal Equality campaigned for years to end the cruel sacrifice at one of Nepal’s largest festivals, which takes place every five