JTA reports:
An animal-rights group filed a lawsuit against the Irvine, California Police Department for not enforcing animal cruelty laws by halting a pre-Yom Kippur ritual.
The lawsuit filed this week is aimed at stopping Chabad of Irvine’s kapparot ceremony, a pre-Yom Kippur ritual in which a chicken is swung by its legs and then slaughtered.
It is the second attempt in recent years by the San Diego-based Animal Protection and Rescue League to halt the ceremony.
The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Santa Ana as both the Irvine police and the Los Angeles Police Department, saying that they protect the “illegal killing of animals” by not cracking down on the kapparot ceremonies, the Orange County Register reported.
A lawsuit filed by the group against Chabad in 2015 on the basis of animal cruelty said that the chickens are crammed tightly into cages and mishandled, and are disposed of and not used for food.
A federal judge in May dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Virginia-based United Poultry Concerns claiming that the practice violates the state’s unfair competition law.
Last I saw only an idiot would do that as the chickens would have free range to give a peck!!! Ouch! Personally I put my chicken or chickens in a box and circle it around my head. Keeps me from getting chicken poop on me – but I agree – if someone believes the worst thing in this world is this then they are either naive or crazy!
כתיבה וחתימה טובה & משיח עכשיו!
…our Jewish Liberal brothers and sisters fight ISIS and other Human Right abuses with the same oomph and passion as they fight traditional Jewish practices.
Shana Tova to ALL.