Vets urged to back call for shorter trips to slaughter
Veterinarians are beingness urged to add together their names to an opened upwardly missive of the alphabet to the European Union Commission seeking to terminate the suffering of horses on long-haul trips to slaughter.
The missive of the alphabet asks the committee to head the scientific testify that shows horses endure on long hauls to slaughter, as well as on similarly long journeys for fattening as well as sale.
It wants European government to innovate a shorter, maximum journeying limit.
Veterinary nurses as well as pupil vets are besides beingness encouraged to add together their shout to the missive of the alphabet available here.
World Horse Welfare as well as its veterinary advisers guide keep produced the missive of the alphabet every bit business office of their crusade against the long distance shipping of 65,000 horses across Europe to slaughter.
The opened upwardly missive of the alphabet volition hold out presented to the novel European Union Health Commissioner, ane time ane has been appointed, as well as asks the commissioner to suggest an amendment to the European Union carry rules inward lite of scientific testify collected past times the charity as well as the recommendations of the European Commission’s ain scientific advisors, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
The equine charity has long collected its ain testify of Equus caballus suffering on these journeys as well as cites other independent scientific research, every bit good every bit the recommendations of the EFSA, which assessed the available inquiry as well as recommended a short, maximum journeying bound of no to a greater extent than than 12 hours for these journeys.
This evidence, which inward 2011 was handed to the Commission, shows that electrical flow journeying times as well as shipping practices create price to horses as well as pose an EU-wide affliction threat, clearly underpinning the example for amending the electrical flow regulations.
“Despite recognising that severe welfare problems persist as well as beingness presented alongside clear testify showing how these horses are suffering, changes to legislation guide keep non been proposed past times the Commission,” World Horse Welfare main executive as well as veterinary Roly Owers said.
“I thus urge my veterinary colleagues to sign the missive of the alphabet requesting that the committee brand adept on its commitment to policies informed past times scientific testify as well as innovate a short, maximum journeying limit.”
Supporters who are non veterinary surgeons, students or veterinary nurses, tin assist past times emailing vice-president Maroš Šefčovič, who has been appointed every bit a caretaker for this expanse pending the engagement of a novel commissioner.
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