Schächten: Waldhäusl rejects criticism

In the discussion on the slaughter of animals, the federal government spoke on Friday. This rejects any form of client registration. Tierschutzlandesrat Waldhäusl unfairly criticized

Lower Austrian animal welfare advisor Gottfried Waldhäusl (FPÖ) has made international headlines in recent days. Triggered by a report of the "Wiener Zeitung", he is accused since Tuesday of wanting to register people who want to buy kosher meat. The reactions have not been abolished since then.

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) sits behind his party colleague and provincial governor of Lower Austria, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, via the Twitter Short Message Service. "I am also very grateful to the Governor of the Province, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, for treating the topic of the mouths with care and with the greatest sensitivity towards our Jewish community," wrote the author. Chancellor. Mikl-Leitner had excluded the entries on Wednesday and called for a factual debate – more in Schächten: Violent discussion broke out (noe.ORF.at, 18.7.2018).

"The recording is completely dispensable"

Last Friday, Chancellor Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) s'. is expressed. The Austrian News Agency (APA) said: "As long as Sebastian Kurz is Chancellor of this Republic, our fellow Jews can be certain that these fundamental rights and freedoms are by no means limited. Personal registration in this context is totally out of the question and is never questioned. "

The Jewish Community (IKG), the Islamic Religious Community (IGGÖ), the President of the National Council Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP ) and Governor Mikl-Leitner had reacted, there is now also a reaction from the federal government. Chancellor Blümel's statement continues: "We clearly recognize our Judeo-Christian roots and will continue to defend them against intervention and attacks, and we see this as a mission and of course that Jewish life in our country is guaranteed in complete security. and without restrictions. "

With the statement of Blümel, the discussion on access to kosher meat by an actor is richer, For further confusion, a" ban on kosher meat ", such as presented by the IKG, was no longer discussed and apparently there are now lists. "These lists have been kept for years, but not by the authorities, but by the slaughterhouses, which indicate the need and the list of persons belonging to a religious community," Waldhäusl stressed Wednesday in "Niederösterreich heute" and referred to a decree of his predecessor Maurice Androsch (SPÖ)

Waldhäusl feels "confirmed"

Compared to noe.ORF.at, Waldhäusl was not only "completely impressed, but confirmed". Confirm this because it is obviously necessary to address this issue. "If a working group was originally working on a solution here in the fall, the State Council wants to go faster:" That 's why I'm in touch close with the provincial governor and we want to come here quickly to a solution. "

Criticism of his person was also not justified because he" did only what Androsch published. "In addition, that Waldhäusl in the discussion of the stricter rules for access to kosher The head of SPÖ, Christian Kern, asked the meat to resign:" Kern does not know who to ask. It makes sense that he is no longer chancellor. "

" It's not because it's been summer that we stop thinking, "Waldhäusl criticized that more and more people would be talking about," which is n & rsquo; Have no idea The decree of his predecessor and a decision of the state administrative court of March 27 clearly define the law. "Unfortunately, only a few have taken the trouble to read these documents," said the Animal Care Council.

Nature Conservation Letter

The Department of Nature Conservation of the country wrote a letter to IKG on July 5, 2018. The Authority pointed out that religious reasons for maneuvering could not be badured. Apply only to specific people. As a possible proof of affiliation to recognized religious communities, the Ministry cites extracts from directories of members, official documents or similar documents

. The Jewish community interprets this letter as meaning that slaughterhouses and kosher must now keep a list of their customers. After the first media reports, a storm of indignation followed, the Israeli media also made a critical report on the plans in Lower Austria.

Gernot Rohrhofer, noe.ORF.at