Canada: Police say cow being skinned alive in halal slaughter is “NOT ANIMAL CRUELTY case”

08/31/2018

Police say the skinning of a cow shown on a video circulating online is not being treated as an animal cruelty case but the incident is being probed to ensure food safety regulations were followed. He says that while police have no reason to believe the cow was slaughtered in a cruel manner, officers are still investigating to ensure the animal's death was in line with the Food Safety and Quality Act. Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture says it has also launched an investigation into the incident, and has described the scene shown in the video as "disgusting and gruesome."