China to ban eating, trading of dogs meat

A list published by the Chinese agriculture ministry on Wednesday offered to restrict, for the first time, eating dog meat in mainland China,  for “They are generally not regarded as livestock and poultry More...

Jewish chicken-slaughter ritual gets OK from judge

  State Supreme Court Justice Debra James on Monday refused to block Orthodox Jewish congregations in Brooklyn from carrying out the Kaporos, chicken-slaughter ritual, on public streets in advance of More...

Kapparot – Jewish chicken slaughter sidewalk ritual is debated in court; lives of 50, 000 birds at stake

  Opponents of “makeshift slaughterhouses” on Brooklyn sidewalks duked it out in court Tuesday with Jewish leaders over an upcoming religious ritual that involves the killing of 50, 000 chickens. The More...