Spare Cows in Ireland a Voyage of Despair

During live export, frightened animals are forced onto crowded lorries or ships and transported for days or even weeks to foreign abattoirs.

When they reach these facilities, they're often killed in gruesome ways that would be illegal in their home country.

Back in 2016, Ireland struck a live-export deal with Turkey – and as a result, an estimated 30,000 cows were forced to make the long, harrowing journey from Ireland to Turkey in 2017, sometimes in temperatures of up to 41.5 degrees. In 2018, almost 13,000 cows made the same voyage, and as EU live exports are expected to stabilise in 2019, this number could increase next year. Exhaustion, dehydration, and death are common during these trips.

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 come to an end.

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Mr.

Michael

Creed

Ireland

Dear Mr Creed,

I was deeply alarmed to learn that cows are subjected to immense and prolonged suffering during live export from Ireland to Turkey.

Reports have shown that animals transported from Europe to Turkey are left on crowded lorries in temperatures of up to 41.5 degrees, sometimes for days at a time. They commonly exhibit signs of exhaustion and dehydration and are denied food and water. Once they reach their destination, they are likely to face slaughter methods far crueller than anything that would be allowed in Ireland.

In 2017, an estimated 30,000 cows were forced to make the long, harrowing journey from Ireland to Turkey, and in 2018, almost 13,000 cows were reportedly exported.

Live export is totally incompatible with animal welfare, and public opinion is against this cruel trade. You cannot guarantee that cows will be treated well once they leave Irish soil. Please do the right thing for animals and end all live exports from Ireland.

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Spare Cows in Ireland a Voyage of Despair

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 come to an end.

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