To the guy who replied, "I would encourage you to find the answer in your phrase "ceremonial sacrifices"".

Well, ceremonial or otherwise, slaughter is slaughter. And please tell me how is it different from what's happening all over the world, apart from "ceremonial sacrifices", because that doesn't hold water here. 

But apart from that, animal cruelty needs to end, not just in Hindu religions ceremony, but all over the world, including KFCs, McDonalds, in the UK, the US, in Eid or wherever. It's just another attempt to demoralise Hindu religion. If it can be guaranteed that the animals were slaughtered in the most humane condition, it should not matter at all because I don't think you people would stop eating meat altogether.