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Article: US Certifiers of Kosher Slaughter Defend Schechita Practices.
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- PR Newswire
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- December 8, 2004
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NEW YORK, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- A broad coalition of rabbis and certifying agencies involved in the supervision of kosher meat slaughter in the United States has reaffirmed the humaneness of kosher slaughter (schechita) in the wake of charges by a radical animal rights group. In an unprecedented statement, uniting diverse segments of the kosher community, the 12 signatories expressed concern that the recent publicity "may lead to misconceptions about the practices depicted on the videotape [released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals] and, more generally, about the shechita process itself."
The signatories of the statement included the Orthodox Union ...