EU welfare decision brings no relief to slaughter horses
World Horse Welfare is disappointed European agriculture ministers pick out stopped curt of seeking an urgent review of the controversial Transport Regulation, despite it existence out of pace amongst scientific opinion.
The British-based charity says horses volition operate past times away along to endure horrific together with needless long-distance journeys across Europe to slaughter equally a result.
The agriculture ministers unanimously agreed their back upwards of a novel animate existence welfare strategy, but did non asking an urgent review.
“We telephone weep upwards on the Commission to straightaway innovate a short, maximum journeying bound for horses inwards business amongst scientific opinion,” World Horse Welfare principal executive Roly Owers said.
“The Commission knows this is right. The European Union Parliament knows this is right. The Member US that called for change, including the UK, Sweden together with others, know that it’s right. And the to a greater extent than than 1 one one 1000 thousand European Union citizens who signed a petition calling for a curt bound on all animate existence journeys to slaughter know this is right. There is only no excuse non to brand changes for horses.
“We applaud the council for showing a commitment to amend animate existence welfare, but nosotros are deeply disappointed that they chose non to essay a review of the laws governing transportation to slaughter nether which exactly about 65,000 horses needlessly endure each year.
“The scientific testify shows horses cannot instruct by amongst these gruelling journeys, together with scientists at the European Food Safety Authority pick out called for a short, maximum journeying bound of 12 hours for horses. We run across no argue to delay the introduction of this limit.”
On Tuesday, the council voted inwards back upwards of the European Commission’s strategy on the protection together with welfare of animals for the side past times side 3 years, together with encouraged the committee to produce to a greater extent than for animate existence welfare. This included citing the of import link betwixt animate existence wellness together with welfare, together with the postulate to promote high welfare nutrient products inside Europe.
However the council did non asking an immediate review of the Transport Regulation, despite the Commission itself admitting that ‘severe animate existence welfare problems persist’ nether the Regulation together with that the police is non business amongst electrical flow scientific knowledge. Instead, fellow member states encouraged the European Commission to prepare guides to adept exercise which could include a maximum journeying limit, but this is unlikely to live on legally binding together with hence ineffective.
World Horse Welfare has been campaigning for changes to Transport Regulation EC 1/2005, together with specially the introduction of a short, maximum journeying bound of nine to 12 hours for all horses transported to slaughter or farther fattening. The charity has likewise cited the peril of illness spread from this merchandise which was the origin inwards 2010 of the outset outbreak of equine infectious anaemia inwards Great Britain for to a greater extent than than 3 decades.
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More information: http://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/help-tomorrow/transport_action
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