Originally Posted by redShark

This is really sickening, it is such a cruel treatment of poor animals. Animals are living beings that have senses and feelings. That is why in Islam meat consumption is not allowed unless the word God was recited during slaughter , hence the term Halal meat. The reason behind this gesture is to indicate that this killing is only done by the permission of God, and it is done out of necessity, not pleasure. It is Also forbidden in Islam to slaughter an animal in front of another animal, or to sharpen the knife in front of an animal before slaughtering it.

Cruelty to animals unfortunately happens in many third world countries due to lack of education and discipline. However, there are also idiots in other parts of the world who enjoy watching games involving animal torchering , like the games of Bull fights in Spain, for example. Some attempts by animal groups in Europe were made in the past to organize a similar petitions to stop these games but they were to no avail.