Thousands of unweaned NI (Northern Ireland) calves face ‘cruel’ exports of up to 30 hours without food, say charities

DAERA has admitted that 5,863 weeks-old calves were exported last year

Thousands of unweaned calves from Northern Ireland are ‘cruelly’ going without food for up to 30 hours as they are shipped live for slaughter abroad, animal welfare charities claim.

They say some are just weeks old when they are packed into lorries and shipped to ‘suffer’ long journeys from Antrim and Armagh to Spain via Wexford’s Rosslare Port.

Read the full article at:

https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/northern-ireland-unweaned-calves-export-19830127

Check out a lot of our older posts (and videos) relating to the dairy business and the suffering of dairy calves at:

Search Results for “dairy calves” – World Animals Voice

Also, check out our latest articles relating to dairy, calves and Vegan milk alternatives at:

13 Best Vegan Milk Alternatives to Dairy Milk. – World Animals Voice

Regards Mark

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SIGN: PASS NEW BILL TO BAN S. KOREA’S BRUTAL DOG MEAT TRADE

Petition Link – Petition: New Bill Would Ban Slaughter and Sale of Cruel Dog Meat in South Korea (ladyfreethinker.org)

PETITION TARGET: South Korean Ambassador Lee Soo-hyuck and South Korean President Moon

Crammed into filthy metal crates and cages, more than 200 dogs cowered in fear waiting to be sold for slaughter at the Nakwon dog auction in Namyangjusk, S. Korea. Sadly, an estimated million dogs suffer similar fates in the nation’s horrifying meat trade.

But there is new hope for the dogs hung, electrocuted and butchered for profit.  A bill proposed by Congresswoman Han Jeong-ae — the country’s newly installed Minister of the Environment — would “eradicate the culture of dog” meat as food in South Korea for good.

Ten members of the Korean National Assembly have already backed this bill. Add your voice now to help this lifesaving legislation pass!

Lady Freethinker’s undercover footage of the Nakwon House of Horrors made international headlines and sparked public outrage by exposing the terrifying, sickening conditions endured by dogs bred, brutally killed, and dismembered for dog meat. 

But the horrors have continued in S. Korea — the only country in the world that still has large-scale, commercial dog farms. And some of the country’s legislative leaders have had enough. 

House Bill 7035 proposes an amendment to the country’s Animal Protection Act that would explicitly ban the slaughtering and processing of dogs for food or their meat. 

The bill provides for penalties against violators, but also includes a 5-year grace period and subsidies for businesses transitioning away from the dog meat trade.

More South Koreans than ever before — an estimated one in four — keep dogs as companion animals and people’s attitudes toward them are changing, the bill’s sponsors note.

“The general public’s awareness of animal welfare has also greatly improved, and there is a very high demand for socially banning dog consumption,” the bill’s text reads.

A Nielsen poll conducted last year reported that 84% of South Koreans polled said they didn’t or wouldn’t eat dog meat. The poll also reported 59% of those polled supported the outright banning of dog meat and 57% believed dog meat consumption reflected poorly on their country.

South Korea’s current leader, President Moon Jae-in, has compassion for animals and even adopted a dog rescued from the dog meat trade named Tory. He’s in the perfect position to leave a legacy for animals that won’t ever be forgotten.

Sign this petition asking President Moon and the Korean Ambassador to the U.S. to support this important bill that will show the world what a great and compassionate country South Korea is and that will prevent the suffering and deaths of thousands of innocent dogs killed in the horrific dog meat trade.

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Indeed, the system in which we live goes to great lengths to get the meat-eaters thinking only about how to enjoy their food and not about the animal that has to suffer for it.

Therefore, the greatest effort of this fascist system is to keep its crimes hidden so that no one comes up with the idea of questioning the greatest crime of mankind

regards and good night, Venus

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Animals’ Angels e.V. / report

Animals’ Angels reported Bulgaria to the EU Commission.
Since 2011, we have been documenting how this EU member state in question systematically violates applicable EU regulations for the protection of animals during transport – be it on the export route via Bulgaria to Turkey, during Bulgarian animal transports, or at animal markets.

Over the years we have collected countless pieces of evidence – we have reported more than 92 complaint reports and complaints to the Bulgarian authorities in the past ten years.

They now fill almost 1,300 pages and weigh two files.

A sad result, because behind every report there are so many individual fates – of sheep, cattle, horses and other animals that are degraded, sold and traded as “goods”.

In doing so, they do not even meet the minimum standards of animal welfare.

Bulgaria-animal market-Photo: Animals’ Angels

Again and again, the Bulgarian authorities assured us that we would take action against the obvious grievances – and yet with every further deployment on-site, we found again that nothing had changed for the animals.

For more…at https://worldanimalsvoice.com/2021/02/15/bulgaria-nothing-has-changed-for-the-animals/

And I mean...Article 3 of the European Animal Transport Ordinance:
(General conditions for the transport of animals)

“Nobody may carry out or arrange for an animal to be transported if the animals could suffer injuries or unnecessary suffering” (!!)

Dealing with animals

“1.8. It is forbidden,
a) Hit or kick animals;
b) exert pressure on particularly sensitive parts of the body, causing unnecessary pain or suffering for the animals;
c) to wind animals up with mechanical means attached to the body;
d) dragging or pulling animals by the head, ears, horns, legs, tail, or fur, or treating them in such a way that they cause unnecessary pain or suffering;

1.10 In markets and assembly points … Animals that are not used to being tied must remain untied. The animals must have access to water.
Animals must not be tied to horns, antlers, nose rings, or leg shackles”.

In most European animal transports and animal markets, however, we always see something completely different.
The breeders, traders and everyone else who benefits from animals doesn’t give a shit what the EU regulation says.

And why should they be interested if there are no controls, neither for animal transports nor to animal markets in Europe, and every animal abuser knows by now that he has to expect little or no punishment?

Who is responsible for punishing crimes against animals in animal transports, farms, slaughterhouses, … in the EU?
After all, what is the EU Commission responsible for?

The EU’s failure to protect animals is becoming more tragic every day.
But what is even worse is the pride of the EU-Commission in its miserable works against the animals.

My best regards to all, Venus

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Most consumers have probably never heard of the fact that many calves and cattle are sold at cruel auctions for fattening and breeding.

Likewise unknown is the fact that both young and adult animals are brought to so-called collection points and from there to other companies, to the slaughterhouse, or abroad.

Video material available to PETA shows recordings of four cattle auctions and a calf collection point, which makes one thing very clear: the animals suffer immensely and those responsible act out of purely economic interests.

(The video is in German, but everything is explained in detail in the article and the pictures speak for themselves anyway).

At such auctions, farmers and breeders can purchase new animals for fattening or breeding.

Animals that cannot find a buyer are sold abroad for below value, because those responsible are only interested in their profit.

As the video recordings show, the animals are constantly stressed. Although they express their panic through constant vocalization, foaming at the mouth, and fearful eyes, their suffering is ignored by those present.

Ultimately, they should be degraded to a commodity and sold at the highest possible auction prices. This rough treatment of sentient beings cannot be justified in the 21st century.

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It looks good.
Maybe we should try it too

regards and good night, Venus

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Report of “Animal Welfare Foundation”

🚨 Yesterday evening (February 13th) we received the news that sick cattle from the EU have been detained on board the animal transport ship Elbeik for almost two months.

Elbeik in summer 2020, Tarragona animal export port (Spain).

Bluetongue has been detected in some animals. The animals were therefore not allowed to be unloaded in the destination country Libya.

Since then, the ship has stopped in several countries and unloaded some of the 1,800 cattle originally loaded.

But there are still animals on board. The captain and crew are desperate.

They no longer have enough food and water for the remaining animals.
Last night our teams informed the responsible EU and port authorities.
We are working flat out to free the cattle.

Our teams document the loading of European animals onto the transport ship Elbeik.

Conditions on the Elbeik are no exception.

Animals from the EU suspected of having the bluetongue virus were also detained on the ship Karim Allah in December.

Both cases clearly show that the legally required emergency plans do not work for live animal exports by ship.

The animals bear the costs. That is why we call on the EU Commission to stop torture transports immediately!

https://www.animal-welfare-foundation.org/en/blog/tiertransporte-per-schiff-kranke-tiere-auf-hoher-see-gefangen

And I mean… Report from Libya:

London, 26 January 2021:

The ship, Elbeik, carrying unhealthy livestock was ejected out of Tripoli port yesterday under armed patrol, Tripoli’s Interior Ministry reported yesterday.

This came after Libya’s National Centre for Animal Health (NCAH) had announced Saturday (23 January) that it had refused to approve the entry of two shipments totaling 2,671 cattle. The livestock shipments had arrived at Tripoli port earlier in January.

The violating shipments of cattle were on board the ship “Karim Allah” carrying 895 calves, and Elbeik carrying 1,776 calves.

The NCAH, part of the Tripoli Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Marine Wealth, had said that the reason for the rejection is the shipment’s violation of the general health and veterinary conditions.

It had added that it subjects all shipments of live animals imported from abroad to control, from the time they leave the country of origin until they reach the Libyan ports.

It had stressed that only healthy animals and their products are allowed to be tested to see their conformity.

Yesterday, the Interior Ministry said the Elbeik left Tripoli port with its full shipment to Spain, where the patrols of the General Administration of Coastal Security and the patrols of the Coast Guard were coordinated with the Tripoli Maritime Port Security Directorate to accompany the ship until it had left the Libyan territorial waters.

It stressed they were ready to ‘‘take the necessary actions in case of violation’’.

No mention was made of the “Karim Allah” carrying the rejected 895 calves.

https://www.libyaherald.com/2021/01/26/ship-transporting-unhealthy-livestock-forced-to-leave-tripoli-port-back-to-spain/

The biggest offense from the beginning was to transport sick animals in order to earn money with them.

We don’t know which EU country the animals come from, we only know from the Lebanese press that they are loaded in a port in Spain.
Someone there confirmed that the animals are healthy and fit for transport, even though they were not.
Who wants to do his job right and controls 2,600 cattle?

And that’s what happens in the EU!
In the EU, whose countries call themselves civilized.
With the best animal transport protection law in the world.
Where almost no one adheres to this law.

So we don’t need an EU.
It’s a corrupt, animal-hostile corporation, nothing more.

My best regards to all, Venus

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