Photo Essay: Ritual Animal Slaughter — are they sacred or are they scared?

Sanctuary Doc mentee Shivani Nelson documents halal and kosher slaughter practices in New York and Türkiye, examining how religious ritual frames the killing of animals as sacred. Through intimate images from slaughterhouses, Kaporos ceremonies, and a farmed animal sanctuary, the story explores the tension between sanctified sacrifice and the lived experience of animals — and asks what true sanctuary might mean.