"Children are considered pretty sturdy up here in the North.
During the whole giraffe debate my Faroese housemate was like “I don’t see why people are so offended by children seeing an anatomy lesson. On the Faroe Islands school children are shown how to kill a sheep”"
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In Morocco when they sacrifice a sheep for Aid (Eid) all the men in the families just take the sheep to the roof of the apartment block and hack at the sheep with a blunt knife until it dies. None of these guys know what they’re doing and the other sheep watch their friends getting hacked up while they wait their turn. I’ve never seen it myself but I’ve got a friend who’s been a couple of times and she says it’s brutal.
If Wikipedia is to be believed these people aren’t following Islamic rules. I’d wager that this is once again an issue that stems from traditions made for people of a different time. I assume slaughtering animals used to be a common skill but today expecting the average untrained city dwelling man to correctly slaughter a goat once a year inevitably leads to a lot of needlessly suffering animals.
Just for my own sake, if I got told I’m slaughtering a sheep I would sharpen my knife and research how to get it over with as quick as possible. Maybe order some tarps or a kiddie pool for the blood.
No way I’d want to drag that out.
Wikipedia is correct. The Qurbani I’ve been to usually have a butcher or an experienced member to guide making the right single cut so that the animal does not suffer.
Sounds lovely. Humans are such beautiful creatures.
We are a most creative sort, there’s no denying that.
The sheep are blindfolded and cut in a specific artery in my experience?
That is what happens when you know what you’re doing. I assume there are people just winging it, just like with everything else.
They should give a government program of sheep killing lessons. Anyone have the king of morocco’s email address?