Kosher vs.Non-Kosher

When I spent my year in Israel we had a Jewish butcher come to my school and show us how to do a proper slaughtering. When I say proper I mean in a way that would make the animal Kosher. Now the laws about Kosher food are very strict. The animal must have its throat slit deeply enough that it severs both the trachea and the esophagus, this immediately means that any animal I eat will have been killed in a much more humane way. What I find strange about the piece of work is how the vet doesn't have a post to be at, the same way the inspectors have a post. To me the Kosher system works much better because the person responsible for making sure the animal is killed the correct way is the one who kills it. I think that the system described in the article is a system that is only meant to make the public feel better and not actually change anything.