Long distance transportation
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Every week, hundreds of millions of farm animals endure journeys, sometimes lasting days, weeks or months, in cramped conditions on their way to slaughter.
They experience stress and exhaustion, rough handling, hunger and thirst, extreme temperatures and unsanitary conditions as they are transported live across the world. As a result, the animals suffer horrific injuries, diseases are spread and many die before reaching their destination.
We already have the technology to transport chilled and frozen meat, and the science to prove the welfare benefits of local, humane slaughter. For these reasons, long distance transport is not only cruel, it is unnecessary.
WSPA is a member of the Handle with Care Coalition to stop the long distance transport of animals for slaughter on a global level.
Live transport in Canada
Canada allows farm animals to be transported on long, gruelling journeys without food, water and rest. Hungry and thirsty, crammed into overcrowded trucks, forced to lie or stand in their excrement in extreme temperatures - the suffering is immense. The fact that millions of animals arrive at slaughterhouses dead, diseased and injured shouldn’t surprise us.
For nearly a decade, Canada’s Agriculture Minister has been reviewing whether to amend the regulations on how farm animals are transported across the country. These regulations haven’t been updated in more than a quarter of a century. With nearly 600 million animals being transported to slaughter every year, we can’t wait for a decision. We need your help to achieve stronger regulations.
