Photo – EA.

This is the disgusting suffering to produce an Easter roast.

I am publishing this post as you know, getting a ban on live animal transport has been a personal goal of mine for the last 35 years.

It was sent to me by our campaigner friends at Essere Animali; who are based in Italy.

I wish to help them as much as possible by asking you please to support their petition – the link is provided in this article.

Also, please watch the investigation video provided in their first link below.

This is the disgusting suffering to produce an Easter roast.

Regards Mark

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From Essere Animali

Lamb transports: we have documented more suffering and violations

Watch the investigation video be clicking here:

Sign for a revision of the legislation on animal transport (essereanimali.org)

As has been customary for some years now, a few days before Easter, our investigative team returned to the motorways on the border between Italy and Slovenia to monitor trucks loaded with lambs arriving from Eastern Europe, heading to slaughterhouses in Tuscany, Lazio and Puglia.

On the monitored vehicles, coming from Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Poland, several problems and violations of the rules were once again found: overcrowding, presence of unweaned animals on vehicles not suitable to feed them and transported for a longer period than that required by the regulations, ventilation and watering systems not working, inadequate or unreachable drinking bottles for all lambs, insufficient space above the animals’ heads to be able to travel in a natural position.

And all this for long and exhausting journeys, which can last up to 30 hours.

This activity was carried out in collaboration with Animals’ Angels, Enpa and the Animal Welfare Foundation. 

Of the 20 trucks targeted by the associations, 8 were checked by the police and 4 received fines of thousands of euros.

Already on the first day, a truck was fined €6,500 due to malfunctioning ventilation and drinking system and document irregularities. The situation was such that the truck was not fit to continue its journey.

OUR REQUESTS

The revision of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 “on the protection of animals during transport and related operations” is a unique opportunity for the European Commission and the EU co-legislators to ensure greater and better protection of animals and to take action on the most serious issues in order to spare animals avoidable suffering.

That is why we ask:

an immediate ban on the export of live farmed animals to third countries;

limiting travel times for the transport of live animals to a maximum of eight hours and 4 hours for poultry and rabbits (which must be transported in specific containers);

the prohibition of the transport of animals:
• unweaned;
• in an advanced state of pregnancy (who have exceeded 40% of the gestation state);
• at the end of their productive life;

the prohibition of the transport of live animals if the expected outside temperatures are below 5°C or above 25°C, subject to clear definition of the following parameters:
• specific species – and categories – conditions for the suitability of animals for transport;
• minimum and maximum outdoor temperatures;
• availability of space;
• availability and method of administration of food and water;

to limit intra-EU maritime transport as much as possible and to allow it only where it is strictly necessary, with the suitability of the vessels approved by an EU Authority that verifies compliance with strict technical and mandatory requirements;

to develop a clear definition of ‘journey time’, which is to be understood as the time that elapses from the ‘start of the journey’ to the ‘end of the journey’, including the loading and unloading of animals. In the case of sea transport, the “journey time” includes the time that the animals spend along the road journey from the farm to the port and from the port to the “final destination”, as well as the time that the animals spend on the boats and during embarkation and disembarkation operations;

the reduction and replacement of the transport of live animals with that of meat and carcasses, and seeds and embryos, as also recommended by FVE, OIE, and EFSA.

We also call for stricter enforcement of EU legislation, which must also be accompanied by more controls and inspections and strict penalties for infringements.

Continue reading at:

Sign for a revision of the legislation on animal transport (essereanimali.org)

Inside another truck there was a lamb unable to stand on its legs, which was entrusted to the associations. The lamb is now under the care of a veterinarian. Again, the truck was not fit to continue its journey.

In December 2023, the European Commission published a proposal to revise the legislation on the transport of live animals. The European elections in June are a unique opportunity to continue the work: it is crucial that the new Parliament and the new Commission commit to better regulation and controls.

It is equally important that the Ministry of Health in Italy is ready to give precise indications that make controls more efficient throughout the country and that our government works with other member states to improve legislation at European level.

And this umpteenth investigation, with the sanctions that have arisen and the great media attention it is generating, is one more tool to make the problem visible and bring it once again to the tables of the institutions!

Ps: this transport monitoring activity has once again brought to light a very serious situation for animals. A serious reform of this practice by the EU is urgently needed. Ask yourself:

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From all of us; thank you for your support.