BVA president-elect John Blackwell has found himself on the front page of The Times today, and interviewed on Radio 4's Today programme, with a call to end the practice of slitting animal's throats and allowing them to bleed to death in order to produce kosher and halal meat.

According to the newspaper, 600,000 animals are killed this way every week in the UK.

Mr Blackwell is urging Jews and Muslims to allow meat-producing animals to be stunned before they are killed.

Speaking to The Times, Mr Blackwell said: "As veterinary surgeons, it is one of the most important issues on our radar. This is something that can be changed in an instant." 

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