Religion

Question 1

Kosher Exclusions

Answer 1

NO pork, crustaceans, scavengers or raptors, camel, badger, rabbits

Question 2

Kosher Animal Requirements

Answer 2

cloven hooved only/must chew cud (ruminants - sheep/cattle/goats/deer) but absolutely NO organ adhesions/lesions and the animal MUST BE CONSCIOUS WHEN THE CAROTID IS CUT

seafood with scales or fins are kosher, and so are other birds like chicken, geese, turkeys, ducks

Question 3

Halal/Islamic Dietary Law

Answer 3

no pork, alcohol, omnivore/carnivore meat; slaughter must be by exsanguination and no boiling/electrocution/beating/etc

Question 4

Can Islamics eat Kosher food?

Answer 4

yes, if Halal is not available

Question 5

Do Kosher and Halal diets reduce the risk of infection by foodborne illnesses?

Answer 5

yes, cause they’re restricted to fewer sources of meat (so no trichinosis, ascaris suum, tularemia, etc)

Question 6

Does the Humane Slaughter Act have an exemption for religion?

Answer 6

obviously, since we have access to these foods

Question 7

3 Animal Welfare Issues with Kosher/Halal Slaughter

Answer 7

1. Stress of restraint methods
2. Pain perception during incision
3. Latency of onset of complete insensibility

Question 8

Time until hypoxia for conscious exsanguination?

Answer 8

5-60 seconds

Question 9

Time until collapse?

Answer 9

immediately to max of 15 seconds if done correctly

Question 10

Santeria

Answer 10

mixture of West African religions and catholicism where deities are matched up with saints

Question 11

Supreme Court and Santeria

Answer 11

protected via the First Amendment “Freedom of Religion”; priests are trained, animals will be cooked and eaten

Question 12

Most common Santeria sacrifice?

Answer 12

chickens