3.2 The coverage of issues relating to religious slaughter in UK websites
Table 7: The top 30 UK websites featuring information about religious slaughter Type of organisation
Animal welfare/rights NGOs
Number of web articles in top 30 (under the search terms ‘religious slaughter’). 6
Religious Organisations
7
Government/policy
6
News/Media
8
Academic
2
Other
1
Websites in top 30
Viva! (*2) The Vegan Society The Humane Slaughter Association Compassion in World Farming The RSPCA The Muslim council of Britain The Association of Muslim Lawyers The Islamic Cultural Centre & The London Central Mosque (*2) Salaam (Muslim) The Council Of European Jamaats (Muslim) Something Jewish Defra (*2) Hansard The Scottish Parliament Information Centre The Office of Public Sector Information BBC news The Scotsman The Independent The Guardian Just food The New Statesman The Evening Standard The New Scientist Haluk Anil David Smith The national secular society
Looking at table 7, one can see that a variety of different organisations were represented in the top 30 UK websites relating to religious slaughter, including 6 animal welfare/rights NGOs, 7 religious organisations, 6 government/policy organisations and 8 news/media organisations.
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