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The cruelty that animals suffer in factory farms begins immediately after they are born and does not end until once they are no longer living. There’s no respite in their unnaturally short, yet painful lives. One of these horribly cruel practices is the transport of live animals to their slaughter.
Every year, billions of animals are loaded onto unsanitary, overcrowded vessels for trips that can last anywhere from a few days to a few months. These animals are often denied adequate clean food or water as well as protection from extreme temperatures or weather. As a result, fatalities are common and there have been cases of trucks overturning, ships sinking, diseases breaking out, and animals dying of heat stress.
As a result of the amazing work of animal activist organizations, many countries, such as England, have started to draft legislation to ban or more strictly regulate this cruel practice. The US needs to follow suit and stop supporting this inhumane industry. Sign this petition today to demand an end to the live export of animals from the United States!
To continue speaking up, sign these other petitions as well:
- Pass Stricter Regulations for Live Chicken Transportation
- Stop Shipment of Live Chicks
- Ban Live Animal Exports Throughout the European Union
- Uphold Ban on Exporting Live Animals During Australia’s Summer Months
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Factory farming is the “traditional” “family” farm on super steroids. If we wonder where factory farming comes from – the mentality and brutality of it — think “traditional” farming. Animal farming, whether in the form of traditional methods or modern methods, is merciless. Contemporary live animal markets are living proof of how “food” animals have been treated for centuries by traditional cultures. Modern industrialized animal farming is not a departure from but an extension of raising and killing animals for food. With the global human overpopulation expected to reach 8 BILLION, how do you “humanely” force-breed, produce then remove the young from their mothers, and kill all the animals needed to supply meat, dairy and eggs for all these mouths?