PIETRO BERTI: THE PROHIBITION OF RITUAL SLAUGHTERING ...
Second, as we willdiscuss in Section V, the complete ban on religious slaughter does notdistinguish between religious practices which are actually inhumane andshechita, which is in fact a form of humane slaughtering. ..... 240 Obviously, from a religiousstandpoint, the issue of stunning did not have to be grappled with untilthe issue arose in the last century,241 as new techniques, rather thanchanging moral standards, called for re-consideration of the issue by thereligious authorities ...