article_snippet: A petition demanding an outright ban on slaughtering animals without stunning animals first has attracted more than 100,000 backers - but the Government insisted the Government still had 'no intention' of outlawing religious slaughter.
article_snippet: A petition demanding an outright ban on slaughtering animals without stunning animals first has attracted more than 100,000 backers - but was still rejected by Parliament .
article_snippet: There are also concerns about large quantities of meat being sold without any indication of how the animal was slaughtered and the petition says that until a ban is imposed, consumers must be told what consumers are buying.
article_snippet: But under the current legislation meat from non-stun slaughter can end up in the food chain unlabelled as such, which is completely unacceptable. '
article_snippet: The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) remained unswayed by the petition hitting the 100,000 milestone - achieved by only 35 demands on the e-petition site since 2011, around 0.1% of those accepted.