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...

Pro-chicken activists face court slog against kapporot ritual ban

“Dead chickens, half-dead chickens, chicken blood, chicken feathers, chicken urine, chicken faeces, other toxins and garbage consume the public streets, ” the court papers stated. Even More...