Letters: End cruelty to animals

Re: “Judge weighs lawsuit aimed at stopping kosher slaughter of chickens in Jewish ritual” [News, June 20]: A lawsuit has been filed against the Chabad of Irvine by the San Diego-based Animal Protection and Rescue League wanting to stop what it considers an inhumane act by members of the Jewish community in observing the annual tradition of Kapparot. The use of chickens in a centuries-old belief that a blessing is given to those by waving a chicken over their heads three times and re