Business caters to Muslim immigrants seeking to fulfill ritual animal sacrifices
Francisco Ortega, a farm manager at Wagon Wheel Ranch in Mount Airy, Md., wrangles a goat into the ranch's custom slaughter facility. (Kevin Sieff - Washington Post)
The goats on Wagon Wheel Ranch in Mount Airy, Md., are kept in a holding area before being slaughtered. The farm has tapped into the booming ethnic slaughter industry. (Kevin Sieff - Washington Post)
In a barn in Mount Airy, Ali Manguera pinned a 69-pound goat to the concrete floor, pointed the animal's head toward Mecca -- some 7,000 miles east of this rural Maryland farm -- and slit its throat in a single, expert motion.
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Francisco Ortega, a farm manager at Wagon Wheel Ranch in Mount Airy, Md., wrangles a goat into the ranch's custom slaughter facility. (Kevin Sieff - Washington Post)
The goats on Wagon Wheel Ranch in Mount Airy, Md., are kept in a holding area before being slaughtered. The farm has tapped into the booming ethnic slaughter industry. (Kevin Sieff - Washington Post)
In a barn in Mount Airy, Ali Manguera pinned a 69-pound goat to the concrete floor, pointed the animal's head toward Mecca -- some 7,000 miles east of this rural Maryland farm -- and slit its throat in a single, expert motion.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081603263.html