I have just read another report from Compassion In World Farming about a typical long distance journey involving live sheep being exported to Turkey. I use the term 'live' advisedly as many of these wretched animals arrive already dead. These journeys can mean days or even weeks of hell for the animals involved. Here is an extract from the report of a CIWF undercover investigator:
"Some of the things you see are cruel beyond belief. Animals crammed into lorries with temperatures rising as high as a blistering 58℃... An overpowering stench of ammonia from poorly ventilated lorries... Lambs so crowded they can't move without standing on each other... Animals so hungry they are forced to eat their filthy bedding and so thirsty they lick the walls of the trucks, desperate for any droplets of condensation... Injured animals being forced onto trucks with sharp prods from metal rods and repeated kicks to their bodies."
At the end of their long journey many animals may be too exhausted or ill to move. Compassion in World Farming's Investigations Team has witnessed weak or injured animals being beaten and kicked, or simply left to die in the dirt.
I support Compassion in World Farming as does Joanna Lumley OBE, CIWF Patron. CIWF is doing all it can to eliminate cruelty from the food production chain. Every year in Europe and around the world, millions of sheep, pigs, cattle and horses are crammed into lorries and ships; their final destination could be hundreds or even thousands of miles away. Many animals die before they get there. It's inhumane, it's unnecessary and it has to stop.
Farm animals are now recognised in European law as sentient beings - capable of feeling pain and suffering. But European animal transport laws need strengthening and proper enforcement. You can help Compassion in World Farming to continue exposing the truth about these appalling cases of cruelty by making a donation. Visit ciwf.org/stopit
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