Spare Animals on Irish Farms a Voyage of Despair

During live export, frightened animals are forced onto crowded lorries or ships and transported for days or even weeks to be slaughtered at foreign abattoirs or used as breeding machines on foreign farms.

When they reach these facilities, they’re often treated in ways that that would be illegal in their home country and all of them meet a terrifying, gruesome end.

In 2019, over 200,000 cows were forced to make the long, harrowing journey from Ireland to continental Europe, sometimes in temperatures of up to 41.5 degrees. Close to 8,000 more were sent on even longer, tortuous journeys to destinations with vastly different or non-existent animal welfare laws, including Kazakhstan, Libya, and Turkey. This figure increased by over 50% in 2020.

Now, the Irish government wants to send pigs halfway around the world to China – where there are no laws to protect animals on farms. The animals will be forced to produce litter after litter of piglets every year until their bodies are spent, at which point they’ll be sent to slaughter. On top of animal welfare concerns, flying animals thousands of miles contributes to the climate crisis that others are working hard to mitigate and risks disease spread that could cause the next pandemic.

Please speak out against this cruelty: contact Ireland’s minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to let him know that live export is incompatible with animal welfare and must be stopped.

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Minister

Charlie

McConalogue

Ireland

Dear Minister:

I was deeply alarmed to learn that animals are subjected to immense and prolonged suffering during live export from Ireland to elsewhere in the EU, Kazakhstan, Libya, and Turkey, and that you are now planning to expand the industry by sending pigs to China.

Transporting pigs halfway around the world to be used as breeding machines in China – where there are no laws to protect animals on farms – would cause these animals immense suffering. On top of animal welfare concerns, flying animals thousands of miles contributes to the climate crisis that others are working hard to mitigate and risks spreading disease that could even cause the next pandemic.

Reports have shown that animals transported within the EU and beyond have to endure temperatures of up to 41.5 degrees, sometimes for days at a time. They commonly exhibit signs of exhaustion, and once they reach their destination, they are likely to face slaughter methods far crueller than would be allowed in Ireland.

In 2019, over 200,000 cows were forced to make the long, harrowing journey from Ireland to continental Europe and thousands more were sent on even longer journeys to Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Libya, Tunisia, and Turkey. Exports to non-EU countries increased by over 50% in 2020.

Live export is totally incompatible with animal welfare, and public opinion is against this cruel trade. Please do the right thing for animals and end all live exports from Ireland.

Sincerely, 
 
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Spare Animals on Irish Farms a Voyage of Despair

During live export, frightened animals are forced onto crowded lorries or ships and transported for days or even weeks to be slaughtered at foreign abattoirs or used as breeding machines on foreign farms.

When they reach these facilities, they’re often treated in ways that that would be illegal in their home country and all of them meet a terrifying, gruesome end.

Please speak out against this cruelty: contact Ireland’s minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to let him know that live export is incompatible with animal welfare and must be stopped.

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