I being a vegetarian, feel strongly against killing animals for consumption. Numerous arguments have been put forth by many non-vegetarians to convince me, most common of them being,
"khake tho dekho..you wont leave."
"without eating you cannot comment."
and of course, how can I forget the worst excuse I have ever heard of,
"what do you think your ancestors ate?"
"I love non-veg food", comes last most of the times, curiously.

So, today, on Eid-ul-Azha(the day of sacrifice), when religious groups debate on "what is the most 'humane' way of animal slaughter", I don't know where to hide. There are videos on YouTube showing animal sacrifice in the famed Kamakhya Devi temple in Assam.

Here's the difference between animal slaughter and animal sacrifice.

Animal Slaughter Or Halal :
A deep swift cut done instantaneously and quickly to the blood vessels of the neck (the two carotid arteries which carry blood to the brain and head, the two jugular veins which bring blood from the brain back to the heart), the trachea (windpipe) and the esophagus (gullet), but the central nervous system (the spinal cord) should be kept safe and intact (not cut).This deep, large cut through all the blood vessels of the neck causes acute blood loss and hemorrhagic shock.

Animal Sacrifice Or Jhatka:
There are Hindu temples in India as well as Nepal where goats and chickens are sacrificed. These sacrifices are mainly done at mandirs following the Shakti school of Hinduism where the female nature of Brahman is worshiped in the form of Kali Ma and Durga. There are lots of village temples in Tamilnadu where this kind of sacrifice takes place.Hindu way of animal sacrifice is called Jhatka where head of the animal is severed completely by a single blow of heavier sword. This is considered as the most merciful and painless death for the animal as the spinal chord and blood supply to brain are severed immediately.

Two completely different ways of killing animals in the name of religion, to reach heaven, to attain moksha.
On top of it debating which one is more "humane", to legitimize the act.I totally sympathize with the debating parties over the confusion in selecting the winner.

Gross. "Ethics" goes right into the gutter. Oh, did I forget, that never is an issue anyways, Naa?