Animal welfare versus freedom of religion: ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on compulsory stunning of animals before slaughter

Abstract

In the article, the author deals with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding the obligation to stun farm animals before slaughter, in connection with the right to religious freedom.

Keywords

• Animal
• welfare
• versus
• freedom religion
• ruling
• Court of Justice
• European
• Union
• compulsory
• stunning
• animals
• slaughter