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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Few things.

I didn't bold it, the original site did.

Good to know.

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Temple Grandin and Certified Humane both think that halal is humane.

You have absolutely no evidence that Earls is using halal meat.

Certified Humane is a PR garbage. I'm supposed to trust their seal over strict government standards? It's a marketing ploy meant to play on people's guilt. Are you saying Temple Grandin claims that under the conditions bolded, that halal is more or equally humane than a pneumatic pistal? I honestly am not terribly concerned about halal slaughter, my beef (ha!) with this is simply due to Earls asserstion that their change in beef sourcing was done for humane reasons.

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

Earls is based in Vancouver.

It was started in Alberta. From the earls website: "In 1982 Bus and his eldest son Stanley opened the first Earls restaurant on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton, AB."

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

You have no evidence this is just a PR move, and calling it stinking hypocrisy and a smack in the face is quite dramatic.

You're right, I don't. As I said before, there are numerous sites that discuss Creekstone Farms halal certification, many stating that their beef is 100% halal. Maybe they slaughter some cows in the halal method and other cows with a pneumatic pistol, I don't know, though I have my doubts that they use two different methods.

Also, "stinks of hypocrisy" is not the same thing as "stinking hypocrisy", and you can call it dramatic all you want. It's how many people are taking it. Like I said, Albertan's have always been very protective of the cattle industry.