Destination: unknown

 

English: Compassion in World Farming’s founder, Peter Roberts, campaigning for farm animal welfare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=18266&utm_campaign=transport&utm_source=actionemail&utm_medium=email&ea.url.id=123342&ea.campaigner.email=UT7G1F0IHMgobMkfo0%2FH%2BCXWQ photo-sequence

http://action.ciwf.org.uk/ea-action/actionF2DtY5M2t8RM2eLScw=&ea_broadcast_target_id=0

These animals experience some of the worst welfare conditions imaginable. Every email sent really can make a difference to the plight of these animals. Please ask friends and family to take action now and help stop this horrific trade.

Millions of animals are transported every year from the EU to destinations including the Middle East, Turkey, Russia and North Africa. Journeys might last hundreds of hours and can even result in the death of the animals involved before they reach their destination. Please act now to stop this trade.

Compassion in World Farming’s Investigations Unit, and European NGOs Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation have trailed animals travelling from the EU to Turkey.

The footage taken during recent investigations is truly shocking: Delays at the border crossing between the EU and Turkey, and overcrowding, led to hunger, dehydration, injury and even death.

Every year, around 700,000 sheep and cattle are exported from the EU to Turkey. Hundreds of thousands are destined for countries in the Middle East, Russia and North Africa. View map in more detail (pdf).

 

The more we care for the happiness of others,

the greater our own sense of well-being becomes.

Dalai Lama

Related articles

• Turkey getting prepared for EU (en.trend.az)
• INVESTIGATION into the FARMING of DAIRY COWS in EUROPE (schweingehabt.wordpress.com)
• Live animal exports going via previously unknown routes (guardian.co.uk)

Beluga Whales Trapped By Ice in Russia

Beluga Whales Trapped By Ice In Russia

redOrbit
2011-12-18 15:41:00

More than a hundred Beluga whales are trapped in frigid water surrounded by ice floes in the Chukotka region of Russia’s Far East, and risk death unless they are rescued soon, local authorities said.

The flock of gentle whales was trapped in the Sinyavinsky Strait off the Bering Sea near the village of Yanrakynnot, a statement from the Chukotka Autonomous Region said, with local governor Roman Kopin calling for the government to send an icebreaker to the region to try and free them from their soon-to-be icy graveyard.

Local fishermen reported that the whales were concentrated in two relatively small ice holes, where they can at least breathe freely for the time being. But the odds of them being able to swim back out to open water are slim due to the vast fields of ice over the strait.

The statement said the whales risk becoming starved if they cannot be rescued soon. And with the advancement of the ice floes, the space where they are concentrated is growing smaller and smaller.

“Given the lack of food and the speed at which the water is freezing, all the animals are threatened with exhaustion and death,” it added.

A Russian icebreaker was just two days sail away from the area, the Chukotka government noted. It could easily make the trip in time to save the whales, it added.

Related articles

• Fears for whales trapped by ice (bbc.co.uk)
• Belugas trapped in icy Arctic waters at risk of death (cnn.com)
• Trapped Beluga Whales Could Die of Exhaustion in Bering Sea (inquisitr.com)