ANIMAL LOVERS UNITE TO STOP THE HORROR OF LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA!

Australia & China Inching Closer to Horrific Live Export Deal… IT MUST BE STOPPED!

Reprinted from TheirTurn.net

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Tanya Hardy, a veteran activist in Australia, talks about the deal with China and the cruelty of live exports.
According to Animals Australia, “Most animals who are exported live for slaughter have their throats cut while fully conscious. Millions have died at sea. Some 30 investigations have revealed that in destination countries, many animals endure routine abuse and brutal slaughter in places where laws do not protect them from cruelty.” Following is one of many examples of extreme suffering experienced by animals exported from Australia.
Australia’s live export controversy has not received much media attention in the U.S., but the impending $1 billion deal with China is so substantial that the New York Times wrote a story about it. At the end of the lengthy article, the Times mentions – and virtually dismisses – the humane issues, leading readers to believe that they have been adequately addressed:
“The leader of the exporters’ group, said that all animals exported from Australia were closely tracked and that there were strict regulations about their welfare before export, during shipping and even after they landed in a foreign country. The regulations were tightened after export bans were imposed after accusations of cruelty in some Indonesian slaughterhouses.”