Animal welfare demand inquiry into death of 400 pregnant heifers en route to Russia

Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 06:24 UTC

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The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Compassion in World Farming are calling on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take immediate action following reports that 400 pregnant cattle among a total of 3,900 cattle being transported by ship from the United States to Russia have died en route. Read full article

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vestias
Estes trabalhos que hoje esta acontecer no mundo é obra dos corruptos os responsáveis de transportes de animais de um pais para o outro não olham para a segurança e de higiene dos animais este acidente aconteçe por falta de segurança nos transporte do gado dentro do navio fecharam os animais dentro do navio e vamos embora o mais depressa possivel agora é a investigação e os resultados serão nulos
Aug 23rd, 2012 - 10:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
I'm not a vegetarian and have nothing against the eating of meat, but the way animals are treated in the industry is often a complete disgrace and has to be changed
Aug 23rd, 2012 - 12:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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BAMF Paraguay
The owner of the cattle does NOT want to see any single one become injured, overly stressed and especially die. This would be a huge cost for the owner and all measures are done to prevent these type of things. If the owner of the ship was bad at their job and that is what caused the deaths, then you can bet that they wont be getting much more business. Anyone that chooses to do business with them faces massive economic lost and the risk of bankruptcy. Also transporting pregnant cows doesn't seem very logical either. They eat more, die easier, so I have to question the reality of that statement. If anything they had just been artificially inseminated and then were boarded on the ships. You would not want to transport cows that are several months in - they'll just abort the calves and guess what??!!! more economic loss.
Aug 23rd, 2012 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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