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"Zmxncbv5467" <zmxncbv5467@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Raleigh
>  newsobserver.com
>
> Sanford, N.C. (AP)   A new city law bans the slaughter and skinning of any
> livestock within city limits, an effort to discourage a Hispanic tradition
in
> which a live goat is killed and barbecued to celebrate special occasions.
>
>    Larger cities in the state have long limited the keeping and killing of
> livestock.  Smaller towns such as Sanford have been forced to deal with
the
> issue only recently, when urban neighbors began calling police to complain
> about the practice.
>
>
>    "You know how it is if the next door neighbor gets a puppy," said Carl
N.
> Anglin, Sanford's code enforcement supervisor and a co-author of the new
law.
> "Every kid in the neighborhood wants to look at it.  Think of bringing in
a
> goat.  And then with it being trussed upside down, and kicking and
screaming
> and crying...."
>
>   Generally, Anglin said, the goat's feet are tied together, it is hung
upside
> down from a tree, its neck is slit and its blood drained into a pot on the
> ground.  The hair and hide are also removed.
>
>    "Children were seeing this," he said.  "There is enough traumatizing
> children on TV and in everyday life without parents doing something
> intentionally."
>
>    The new law coincides with a sizable increase in North Carolina's
Hispanic
> population as well as high growth in the state's production of goats.
> Approximately 3,000 flocks are kept by farmers across the state.
>
>    Monroe in Union County and Siler City in Chatham County have approved
> similar ordinances.
>
>
>   Goat, a lean, red meat that is expensive compared with other meats, is
> considered a treat in many cultures.  Latinos can find fresh cuts of goat
on
> certain days of the week or by special order at Mexican butcher shops.
> Specialty shops sell it to Muslim, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Greek and
Jewish
> customers who grill, curry or stew it for religious hoidays and seasonal
> celebrations.
>
>    But manyprefer to buy it on the hoof, so they know the meat is fresh.
By
> slaughtering it themselves, they can use more of the animal and save the
cost
> of paying to have the meat comercially prepared, which typically costs
about
> $20, said Bruce Shankle, a livestock marketing specialist witht eh N.C.
> Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
>
>    Depending on the size, age and type, a customer will pay from $30 to
$150
> for a live goat.
>
>   Many Muslims travel to Chaudry Halal Meats in Siler City,(You all know
this
> joint don't you its just down the road from Mr. Fletcher's butcher shop
were
> Aunt Bee use to go.) the only slaughterhouse in the state approved by the
U.S.
> Department of Agriculture that prepares meat according to Islamic rules.
> Consumers can select an animal and wait while it is blessed, killed and
cut up
> by a Muslim butcher.  The shop sells 120 to 150 goats a week.
>
>    Eventually, Shankle said, as demand for goat grows, more processing
plants
> will open, reducing the need for home slaughter.
>
>    Luch C. Hurley, a bilingual counselor at the Hispanic Task Force in
Sanford,
> said she did not understand people taking offense at what is a common
practice
> in other parts of the world.
>
>   " I don't see the problem, not at all," said Hurley, who was born in
Peru and
> remembers her grandmother killing turkeys for the family to eat. "For us,
this
> is not an issue.  This is our culture.  We have always done this."
>
>    Anglin said since Sanford's law went into effect, he has received one
> complaint about a goat being slaughtered, which resulted in a warning
because
> the family was unaware of the ban.
>
>
>
>
>   I wonder why none of the fast food joints have not come up with the goat
> burger,yet?
Diversity is wonderful. These delightful third world types add so much. We
are lucky that our President lets them cross the border en mass, at will.

Rick