More than 130 charities, experts and celebrities including Brian Cox CBE, Alan Cumming OBE, Zoë Wanamaker CBE, and Joanna Lumley DBE, are calling for a ban on live exports.Led by Compassion in
More than 130 charities, experts and celebrities including Brian Cox CBE, Alan Cumming OBE, Zoë Wanamaker CBE, and Joanna Lumley DBE, are calling for a ban on live exports.
Led by Compassion in World Farming, the global partners from 33 countries including Eurogroup for Animals, Four Paws, Animals International, and World Animal Protection have written to the intergovernmental body for animal health and welfare, WOAH, urging it to end the overcrowding, extreme heat, hunger, dehydration, injury, severe stress and death of animals in transport.
The letter comes as a revision of WOAH’s recommendations on animal transport is underway. With current standards based on a framework over 20 years old, the letter tasks veterinary representatives from WOAH’s 183 member countries to ensure the updates reflect the latest animal welfare science and calls on them to commit to phase out the long-distance transport of live animals.
The groups say it can be replaced with trade in meat and carcasses, and genetic materials (embryos and semen) for breeding.
Beyond the immediate welfare concerns, the letter outlines how cramped, unsanitary conditions, and reduced animal immunity during transit also risk the spread of zoonotic disease across borders.
Live animal exports for fattening and slaughter
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