In the run -up to the parliamentary elections, the interest group puts the subject on the map during Dierendag. Because although attempts were made earlier in parliament to restrict the unexpected ritual slaughter, that has not been possible to date.
Bina Ayar watches elections through animal glasses: stop slaughtering unanimously!
In the Netherlands, the duty is to numb animals for slaughter, but for religious purposes – especially for Halal and Kosher Vlees – exceptions are given to this. A vast majority believes that that should come to an end.
Animal protection: end up for death struggle
Figures from the Dierenbescherming show that in 2024 more than 26,000 animals were slaughtered with full consciousness. “Time is really ripe to put an end to this death struggle for tens of thousands of animals a year,” says spokesperson Niels Kalkman of the Dierenbescherming. “Our research shows that the Netherlands clearly wants a ban. It is at odds with religious freedom, that is true, but the argument that this is really an agony for these animals is more important.”
PVV, VVD, GL/PvdA want prohibition
Several large parties in the House of Representatives indicate that they want to put an end to the Telegraaf. “As far as the VVD is concerned, there will be a general ban on unpretentious slaughter,” a spokesperson said after an amendment has been adopted on this at the election congress.
GL/PvdA is also ‘slaughtering against anesthesia’, the party said. This also applies to the PVV, says MP Dion Graus, who has been arguing since 2006 for a total ban on ritual torture, both stunned and unannoved ‘. “We also want every animal to be irreversible intoxicated, read: killed, before it is cut or torn open.”
Animal party makes a new attempt in Parliament
The animal party is working on a bill for the second time, says MP Ines Kostic, who acknowledges that this went wrong the first time in the Senate. The majority thought it was contrary to freedom of religion in 2012. “We’ve been fighting for this for years. The first time we died in the Senate, but now we have submitted the bill to the Council of State for advice. We have taken extra carefully time to do it well legally, because we want to arrange it well for the animals. For the animals it should not matter what religion their butcher has.”
The research of the Kieskompas also includes more clear views in the field of animals. For example, it appears that eighty percent of the respondents think that more should be done on trading of wild animals and that animals in livestock farming should be able to be able to exercise their natural behavior. Around seventy percent wants a ban on livestock transports at high temperatures and a European ban on fur.