The Animal Welfare Act has many exceptions. This also includes the permitted slaughtering. With this decree, the legislators wanted to show consideration for people who see the stunning bleeding out of an animal as an exercise of their religion. But to bleed out slowly, while fully conscious, is for us a severe cruelty to animals. That is why we bought Ike and his fellow sufferers, who were brought to our attention by a godfather, at the last second.
