Several Jewish groups issued statements this week slamming Denmark for last month’s ban on Jewish ritual slaughter on the grounds of animal rights, despite the country continuing to sanction bestiality.
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Denmark is one of several European countries in which sexual intercourse with animals is permitted by law. The country’s legalized bestiality has even attracted sex tourists from Norway, the Norwegian Afterposten newspaper reported in 2011.
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Importation of kosher and hallal meat is still legal.
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In the statement, CER President Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt referred to the recent outrage surrounding the killing of a healthy giraffe and four lions at a Copenhagen zoo. He asserted that “as the media continue to report stories about perfectly healthy animals being slaughtered for no good reason, it becomes ever more apparent that this is less about animal welfare and much more about the politics of immigration and integration.”
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