Inexcusable Treatment of animals
before
Declared Halal!

As-Salaam Alaikum,

As Muslims we are often concerned over whether the food we eat is halal. Yet, do we consider how that very food source is raised fed and treated before we consume it.

In an effort to a faster Return (ROI) on Investment; farm animals are raised as quickly as possible. As such, we have poultry, cattle, sheep and goats feed or injected with antibiotics and growth hormones to shorten the natural growth process.

In the case of meat poultry; chickens are cramped in such over populated cramped pens that movement is difficult if not impossible.

Some of the problems associated with living in cramped confines are weak broken leg bones, stress and death.

The life of laying hens does not fair any better.

Forced to live cramped in cages they can suffer from deformed claws, illness as well as premature death.

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As mentioned earlier both feed lot and dairy cattle suffer similar fates.

Feed lot cattle are kept from natural diets that would they would consume in the process of grazing. In addition, their confinement prevents them from exercising as that would cause weight loss.

These cattle suffer from stress (physical and from seeing cattle next to them slaughtered), foot rot, Bovine respiratory disease and Blight to name a few problems they face before they themselves are slaughtered in a halal manner.

What about the Milk we drink!

To keep producing milk for human consumption, a dairy cow must produce a calf each year.

* Calves are taken from their mothers’ within12-24 hours of birth before bonding occurs.

* Unwanted bobby calves are killed and some bull calves are raised for veal. Heifer calves may be reared as herd replacements.

* The natural life span of a cow is about 20 years, but few dairy cows are older than seven when slaughtered.

* The modern dairy cow can yield around 35-50 liters of milk per day – about 10 times more milk than her calf would need.

* Selective breeding and more recently genetic manipulation have resulted in cows being forced to produce milk beyond natural capacity.

* Dairy cows are highly susceptible to many diseases such as mastitis, infection and injury.

Given this information; shouldn’t we show as much concern over how the animals are fed and (mis)treated before we declare them halal?

As-Salaam Alaikum


Muneer A. Rasheed
President
AS Consulting Group

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