They call it religious rituals. I call it murder and animal abuse. Some states it's a felony.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..
But leave your brutal dark ages practices behind you. Animals in the U.S.A. shall not be set back from the minor but important advances made despite the clawing and scratching all the way from people who just don't believe animals have a right to be free from pain and torture. People fighting for animal protection should be on guard for there are whole communities of people from many countries immigrating to this country either legal or illegal who are not just happy to be in the land of the free and the brave, but want to be able to carry on as usual whatever culturual or religious practice they performed in that land they left behind. It's called half way civilized. But those of us who love animals know, a rose by any other name is still a rose. Cruelty in the name of religion is STILL cruelty and animal abuse. AND against the law. The majority ofAmericans are a welcoming and caring nation..The majority of Americans are also a people who love and respect their animals and expect those seeking to live in this great land to assimilate and respect the laws and respect the animals.
CNN) -- Investigators recovered the remains of more than 500 animals after executing a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to the city's chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.The group's director of law enforcement said he believes the animals -- the majority of which were chickens -- were sacrificed as part of a Santeria religious ritual.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/30/pennsylvania.animal.remains/
