World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder has welcomed a proposal put forward by the Dutch government which aims to find a solution to the question of kosher and halal slaughter acceptable to the local Jewish and Muslim communities, instead of banning it outright. "This is good news, and we hope that an arrangement can be found that safeguards the right of the Jewish community to practice kosher slaughter," Lauder declared after Animal Rights Party leader Marianne Thieme’s plan to introduce a ban slaughter without prior stunning on Tuesday night had failed to make it through the Senate, the upper house of the Dutch parliament.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture Henk Bleker presented a compromise proposal to the Senate which calls for agreements with slaughterhouses and the Islamic and Jewish community on the length of time an animal is conscious before dying and the number of animals ritually slaughtered per year. The Senate asked the minister for a letter detailing his plan. Thieme dismissed Bleker's proposal and said she would continue to advocate a complete ban.

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